#CEC043#CEC043

#CEC043 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 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC043
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -9.46, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 62.75, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0318 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3182, 51.2282, 12.8100)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC043 #4351CE

analogous

#CE7A43 #CEC043 #96CE43

triadic

#CEC043 #43CEC0 #C043CE

tetradic

#CEC043 #43CE7A #4351CE #CE4396

square

#CEC043 #43CE7A #4351CE #CE4396

split-complementary

#CEC043 #4396CE #7A43CE

monochromatic

#776F1F #A89B2C #CEC043 #DBD074 #E7E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CEC043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC043

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC043	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27e',
    500: '#cec043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec043;
$custom-light: #e0d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC043

secondary

#353D80

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC043

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

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