#CEC04D#CEC04D

#CEC04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC04D
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -8.86, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 58.64, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.029 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6445, 51.3587, 14.5286)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC04D #4D5BCE

analogous

#CE7F4D #CEC04D #9CCE4D

triadic

#CEC04D #4DCEC0 #C04DCE

tetradic

#CEC04D #4DCE7F #4D5BCE #CE4D9C

square

#CEC04D #4DCE7F #4D5BCE #CE4D9C

split-complementary

#CEC04D #4D9CCE #7F4DCE

monochromatic

#7E7423 #AEA030 #CEC04D #DBD17D #E8E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CEC04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC04D

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC04D	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)

#D0BA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d284',
    500: '#cec04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec04d;
$custom-light: #e0d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC04D

secondary

#3A4286

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC04D

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

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