#CEC960#CEC960

#CEC960 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.128 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC960
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -12.07, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 53.68, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.036 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.128 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4529, 55.7410, 19.2708)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC960 #6065CE

analogous

#CE9260 #CEC960 #9CCE60

triadic

#CEC960 #60CEC9 #C960CE

tetradic

#CEC960 #60CE92 #6065CE #CE609C

square

#CEC960 #60CE92 #6065CE #CE609C

split-complementary

#CEC960 #609CCE #9260CE

monochromatic

#89852A #B8B239 #CEC960 #DCD98F #EBE9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CEC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC960

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC960	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.128 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd990',
    500: '#cec960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec960;
$custom-light: #dfd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8188,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC960

secondary

#424690

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC960

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

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