#CEC95B#CEC95B

#CEC95B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC95B
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -12.47, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 55.95, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0377 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2300, 55.6519, 18.0968)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC95B #5B60CE

analogous

#CE8F5B #CEC95B #99CE5B

triadic

#CEC95B #5BCEC9 #C95BCE

tetradic

#CEC95B #5BCE8F #5B60CE #CE5B99

square

#CEC95B #5BCE8F #5B60CE #CE5B99

split-complementary

#CEC95B #5B99CE #8F5BCE

monochromatic

#868228 #B6B036 #CEC95B #DCD98A #EAE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CEC95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC95B

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC95B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98d',
    500: '#cec95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec95b;
$custom-light: #dfd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81823,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC95B

secondary

#40438D

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC95B

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

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