#CEC12D#CEC12D

#CEC12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.157 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC12D
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -10.96, 69.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 70.75, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0382 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.157 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9993, 51.4531, 10.0432)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC12D #2D3ACE

analogous

#CE712D #CEC12D #8BCE2D

triadic

#CEC12D #2DCEC1 #C12DCE

tetradic

#CEC12D #2DCE71 #2D3ACE #CE2D8B

square

#CEC12D #2DCE71 #2D3ACE #CE2D8B

split-complementary

#CEC12D #2D8BCE #712DCE

monochromatic

#6A6317 #9C9222 #CEC12D #DCD15D #E7DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CEC12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC12D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC12D	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.157 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d373',
    500: '#cec12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec12d;
$custom-light: #e1d373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.155,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.1566,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC12D

secondary

#2C3273

accent

#4EE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC12D

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

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