#CEC04C#CEC04C

#CEC04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC04C
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -8.93, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 59.06, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0293 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6095, 51.3447, 14.3441)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC04C #4C5ACE

analogous

#CE7F4C #CEC04C #9BCE4C

triadic

#CEC04C #4CCEC0 #C04CCE

tetradic

#CEC04C #4CCE7F #4C5ACE #CE4C9B

square

#CEC04C #4CCE7F #4C5ACE #CE4C9B

split-complementary

#CEC04C #4C9BCE #7F4CCE

monochromatic

#7D7322 #ADA02F #CEC04C #DBD17C #E8E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CEC04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC04C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC04C	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)

#D0BA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d283',
    500: '#cec04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec04c;
$custom-light: #e0d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79769,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC04C

secondary

#394185

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC04C

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

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