#CEC04F#CEC04F

#CEC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC04F
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -8.73, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 57.78, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0284 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7163, 51.3874, 14.9063)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC04F #4F5DCE

analogous

#CE804F #CEC04F #9CCE4F

triadic

#CEC04F #4FCEC0 #C04FCE

tetradic

#CEC04F #4FCE80 #4F5DCE #CE4F9C

square

#CEC04F #4FCE80 #4F5DCE #CE4F9C

split-complementary

#CEC04F #4F9CCE #804FCE

monochromatic

#7F7523 #AFA131 #CEC04F #DBD17F #E9E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CEC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC04F

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC04F	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d285',
    500: '#cec04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec04f;
$custom-light: #e0d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC04F

secondary

#3A4387

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC04F

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

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