#CEC140#CEC140

#CEC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC140
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -10.13, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 64.25, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.034 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4509, 51.6337, 12.4217)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC140 #404DCE

analogous

#CE7A40 #CEC140 #94CE40

triadic

#CEC140 #40CEC1 #C140CE

tetradic

#CEC140 #40CE7A #404DCE #CE4094

square

#CEC140 #40CE7A #404DCE #CE4094

split-complementary

#CEC140 #4094CE #7A40CE

monochromatic

#756D1E #A69B2B #CEC140 #DAD171 #E7E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CEC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC140

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC140	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37c',
    500: '#cec140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec140;
$custom-light: #e0d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC140

secondary

#343B7E

accent

#54E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC140

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

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