#CEC12F#CEC12F

#CEC12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC12F
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 77.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -10.89, 69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 70.15, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0378 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.156 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0387, 51.4689, 10.2509)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC12F #2F3CCE

analogous

#CE712F #CEC12F #8CCE2F

triadic

#CEC12F #2FCEC1 #C12FCE

tetradic

#CEC12F #2FCE71 #2F3CCE #CE2F8C

square

#CEC12F #2FCE71 #2F3CCE #CE2F8C

split-complementary

#CEC12F #2F8CCE #712FCE

monochromatic

#6A6418 #9C9224 #CEC12F #DBD160 #E6DF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CEC12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC12F

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC12F	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)

#D3BA06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d374',
    500: '#cec12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec12f;
$custom-light: #e1d374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.094,
    "s": 62.846,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79768,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC12F

secondary

#2D3374

accent

#4FE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC12F

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

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