#CEC142#CEC142

#CEC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC142
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -10.03, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 63.48, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0335 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5088, 51.6569, 12.7268)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC142 #424FCE

analogous

#CE7B42 #CEC142 #95CE42

triadic

#CEC142 #42CEC1 #C142CE

tetradic

#CEC142 #42CE7B #424FCE #CE4295

square

#CEC142 #42CE7B #424FCE #CE4295

split-complementary

#CEC142 #4295CE #7B42CE

monochromatic

#776F1F #A79C2B #CEC142 #DBD173 #E7E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CEC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC142

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC142	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)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37d',
    500: '#cec142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec142;
$custom-light: #e0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79894,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC142

secondary

#353C7F

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC142

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

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