#CEC953#CEC953

#CEC953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC953
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -13.05, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 59.47, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0402 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.139 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9031, 55.5211, 16.3752)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC953 #5358CE

analogous

#CE8C53 #CEC953 #96CE53

triadic

#CEC953 #53CEC9 #C953CE

tetradic

#CEC953 #53CE8C #5358CE #CE5396

square

#CEC953 #53CE8C #5358CE #CE5396

split-complementary

#CEC953 #5396CE #8C53CE

monochromatic

#827E25 #B1AC33 #CEC953 #DCD883 #E9E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CEC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC953

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC953	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d988',
    500: '#cec953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec953;
$custom-light: #e0d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC953

secondary

#3C3F89

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC953

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

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