#CEC95F#CEC95F

#CEC95F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC95F
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -12.15, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 54.14, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0364 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.129 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4072, 55.7227, 19.0299)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC95F #5F64CE

analogous

#CE925F #CEC95F #9CCE5F

triadic

#CEC95F #5FCEC9 #C95FCE

tetradic

#CEC95F #5FCE92 #5F64CE #CE5F9C

square

#CEC95F #5FCE92 #5F64CE #CE5F9C

split-complementary

#CEC95F #5F9CCE #925FCE

monochromatic

#89842A #B8B238 #CEC95F #DCD98E #EBE9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CEC95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC95F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC95F	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)

#D8C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd990',
    500: '#cec95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec95f;
$custom-light: #dfd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC95F

secondary

#42458F

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC95F

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

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