#CEC144#CEC144

#CEC144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC144
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -9.92, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 62.70, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.033 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5688, 51.6809, 13.0428)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC144 #4451CE

analogous

#CE7C44 #CEC144 #96CE44

triadic

#CEC144 #44CEC1 #C144CE

tetradic

#CEC144 #44CE7C #4451CE #CE4496

square

#CEC144 #44CE7C #4451CE #CE4496

split-complementary

#CEC144 #4496CE #7C44CE

monochromatic

#78701F #A99D2C #CEC144 #DBD174 #E7E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CEC144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC144

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC144	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37f',
    500: '#cec144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec144;
$custom-light: #e0d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7991,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC144

secondary

#363D80

accent

#55E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC144

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

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