#CEC041#CEC041

#CEC041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC041
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -9.57, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 63.53, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0323 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(45.2593, 51.2046, 12.4995)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC041 #414FCE

analogous

#CE7A41 #CEC041 #95CE41

triadic

#CEC041 #41CEC0 #C041CE

tetradic

#CEC041 #41CE7A #414FCE #CE4195

square

#CEC041 #41CE7A #414FCE #CE4195

split-complementary

#CEC041 #4195CE #7A41CE

monochromatic

#766D1E #A79A2B #CEC041 #DBD072 #E7E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CEC041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC041

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC041	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27d',
    500: '#cec041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec041;
$custom-light: #e0d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.51203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC041

secondary

#353C7F

accent

#55E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC041

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

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