#CEC044#CEC044

#CEC044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.142 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC044
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -9.40, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 62.35, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0315 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.142 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3485, 51.2403, 12.9694)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC044 #4452CE

analogous

#CE7B44 #CEC044 #97CE44

triadic

#CEC044 #44CEC0 #C044CE

tetradic

#CEC044 #44CE7B #4452CE #CE4497

square

#CEC044 #44CE7B #4452CE #CE4497

split-complementary

#CEC044 #4497CE #7B44CE

monochromatic

#786F1F #A99C2C #CEC044 #DBD074 #E7E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CEC044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC044

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC044	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.142 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27e',
    500: '#cec044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec044;
$custom-light: #e0d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79699,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC044

secondary

#363D80

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC044

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

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