#CEC95E#CEC95E

#CEC95E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC95E
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -12.23, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 54.60, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0367 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.129 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3620, 55.7047, 18.7920)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC95E #5E63CE

analogous

#CE915E #CEC95E #9BCE5E

triadic

#CEC95E #5ECEC9 #C95ECE

tetradic

#CEC95E #5ECE91 #5E63CE #CE5E9B

square

#CEC95E #5ECE91 #5E63CE #CE5E9B

split-complementary

#CEC95E #5E9BCE #915ECE

monochromatic

#888429 #B7B138 #CEC95E #DCD98D #EBE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CEC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC95E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC95E	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98f',
    500: '#cec95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec95e;
$custom-light: #dfd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81857,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC95E

secondary

#41458F

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC95E

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

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