#CEC145#CEC145

#CEC145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC145
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -9.86, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 62.30, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0327 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.142 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5996, 51.6932, 13.2049)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC145 #4552CE

analogous

#CE7D45 #CEC145 #97CE45

triadic

#CEC145 #45CEC1 #C145CE

tetradic

#CEC145 #45CE7D #4552CE #CE4597

square

#CEC145 #45CE7D #4552CE #CE4597

split-complementary

#CEC145 #4597CE #7D45CE

monochromatic

#797020 #A99D2D #CEC145 #DBD175 #E8E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CEC145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC145

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC145	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)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37f',
    500: '#cec145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec145;
$custom-light: #e0d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79918,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC145

secondary

#363D81

accent

#55E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC145

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

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