#CEC042#CEC042

#CEC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC042
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -9.51, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 63.14, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0321 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2885, 51.2163, 12.6534)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC042 #4250CE

analogous

#CE7A42 #CEC042 #96CE42

triadic

#CEC042 #42CEC0 #C042CE

tetradic

#CEC042 #42CE7A #4250CE #CE4296

square

#CEC042 #42CE7A #4250CE #CE4296

split-complementary

#CEC042 #4296CE #7A42CE

monochromatic

#776E1F #A79B2B #CEC042 #DBD073 #E7E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CEC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC042

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC042	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27d',
    500: '#cec042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec042;
$custom-light: #e0d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79683,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC042

secondary

#353C7F

accent

#55E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC042

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

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