#CEC95A#CEC95A

#CEC95A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC95A
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -12.54, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 56.40, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.038 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.133 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1872, 55.6347, 17.8711)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC95A #5A5FCE

analogous

#CE8F5A #CEC95A #99CE5A

triadic

#CEC95A #5ACEC9 #C95ACE

tetradic

#CEC95A #5ACE8F #5A5FCE #CE5A99

square

#CEC95A #5ACE8F #5A5FCE #CE5A99

split-complementary

#CEC95A #5A99CE #8F5ACE

monochromatic

#868228 #B5B036 #CEC95A #DCD889 #EAE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CEC95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC95A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC95A	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98c',
    500: '#cec95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec95a;
$custom-light: #dfd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81812,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC95A

secondary

#3F438D

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC95A

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

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