#CEC863#CEC863

#CEC863 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.124 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC863
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 51.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -11.32, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 51.88, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0336 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.124 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3613, 55.3326, 19.9347)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC863 #6369CE

analogous

#CE9363 #CEC863 #9ECE63

triadic

#CEC863 #63CEC8 #C863CE

tetradic

#CEC863 #63CE93 #6369CE #CE639E

square

#CEC863 #63CE93 #6369CE #CE639E

split-complementary

#CEC863 #639ECE #9363CE

monochromatic

#8B862C #BAB23A #CEC863 #DDD892 #EBE9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC863

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC863	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.124 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd892',
    500: '#cec863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec863;
$custom-light: #dfd892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81705,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC863

secondary

#444892

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC863

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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