#CEC865#CEC865

#CEC865 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC865
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -11.15, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 50.94, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0329 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.122 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4581, 55.3714, 20.4445)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC865 #656BCE

analogous

#CE9365 #CEC865 #A0CE65

triadic

#CEC865 #65CEC8 #C865CE

tetradic

#CEC865 #65CE93 #656BCE #CE65A0

square

#CEC865 #65CE93 #656BCE #CE65A0

split-complementary

#CEC865 #65A0CE #9365CE

monochromatic

#8C872D #BAB33B #CEC865 #DDD993 #ECE9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC865

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC865	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)

#D6C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd893',
    500: '#cec865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec865;
$custom-light: #dfd893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8173,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC865

secondary

#454993

accent

#2FBF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC865

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

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