#CEC04B#CEC04B

#CEC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC04B
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -8.99, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 59.49, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0296 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5750, 51.3309, 14.1624)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC04B #4B59CE

analogous

#CE7F4B #CEC04B #9ACE4B

triadic

#CEC04B #4BCEC0 #C04BCE

tetradic

#CEC04B #4BCE7F #4B59CE #CE4B9A

square

#CEC04B #4BCE7F #4B59CE #CE4B9A

split-complementary

#CEC04B #4B9ACE #7F4BCE

monochromatic

#7D7322 #AD9F2F #CEC04B #DBD17B #E8E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CEC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC04B

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC04B	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d283',
    500: '#cec04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec04b;
$custom-light: #e0d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC04B

secondary

#394184

accent

#58E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC04B

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

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