#CEC047#CEC047

#CEC047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC047
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -9.23, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 61.14, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0307 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4424, 51.2778, 13.4640)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC047 #4755CE

analogous

#CE7D47 #CEC047 #99CE47

triadic

#CEC047 #47CEC0 #C047CE

tetradic

#CEC047 #47CE7D #4755CE #CE4799

square

#CEC047 #47CE7D #4755CE #CE4799

split-complementary

#CEC047 #4799CE #7D47CE

monochromatic

#7A7121 #AA9D2D #CEC047 #DBD177 #E8E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CEC047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC047

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC047	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d280',
    500: '#cec047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec047;
$custom-light: #e0d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC047

secondary

#373F82

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC047

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

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