#CEC04A#CEC04A

#CEC04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC04A
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -9.05, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 59.90, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0299 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5411, 51.3173, 13.9836)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC04A #4A58CE

analogous

#CE7E4A #CEC04A #9ACE4A

triadic

#CEC04A #4ACEC0 #C04ACE

tetradic

#CEC04A #4ACE7E #4A58CE #CE4A9A

square

#CEC04A #4ACE7E #4A58CE #CE4A9A

split-complementary

#CEC04A #4A9ACE #7E4ACE

monochromatic

#7C7222 #AC9F2F #CEC04A #DBD17A #E8E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CEC04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC04A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC04A	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D1BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d282',
    500: '#cec04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec04a;
$custom-light: #e0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79751,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC04A

secondary

#384084

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC04A

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

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