#CEC045#CEC045

#CEC045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC045
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -9.35, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 61.95, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0313 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3793, 51.2526, 13.1315)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC045 #4553CE

analogous

#CE7C45 #CEC045 #98CE45

triadic

#CEC045 #45CEC0 #C045CE

tetradic

#CEC045 #45CE7C #4553CE #CE4598

square

#CEC045 #45CE7C #4553CE #CE4598

split-complementary

#CEC045 #4598CE #7C45CE

monochromatic

#797020 #A99C2D #CEC045 #DBD075 #E8E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CEC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC045

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC045	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)

#D1BA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27f',
    500: '#cec045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec045;
$custom-light: #e0d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79707,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC045

secondary

#363E81

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC045

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

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