#CEC956#CEC956

#CEC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC956
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -12.84, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 58.17, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0393 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.137 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0215, 55.5685, 16.9985)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC956 #565BCE

analogous

#CE8D56 #CEC956 #97CE56

triadic

#CEC956 #56CEC9 #C956CE

tetradic

#CEC956 #56CE8D #565BCE #CE5697

square

#CEC956 #56CE8D #565BCE #CE5697

split-complementary

#CEC956 #5697CE #8D56CE

monochromatic

#838026 #B3AE34 #CEC956 #DCD885 #EAE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CEC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC956

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC956	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d98a',
    500: '#cec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec956;
$custom-light: #e0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC956

secondary

#3E418B

accent

#50DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC956

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

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