#CEC141#CEC141

#CEC141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC141
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -10.08, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 63.87, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0338 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4796, 51.6452, 12.5729)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC141 #414ECE

analogous

#CE7A41 #CEC141 #94CE41

triadic

#CEC141 #41CEC1 #C141CE

tetradic

#CEC141 #41CE7A #414ECE #CE4194

square

#CEC141 #41CE7A #414ECE #CE4194

split-complementary

#CEC141 #4194CE #7A41CE

monochromatic

#766E1E #A79B2B #CEC141 #DBD172 #E7E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CEC141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC141

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC141	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)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37d',
    500: '#cec141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec141;
$custom-light: #e0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79886,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC141

secondary

#353B7F

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC141

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

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