#CEC14D#CEC14D

#CEC14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC14D
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -9.38, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 59.00, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0305 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8649, 51.7993, 14.6021)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC14D #4D5ACE

analogous

#CE804D #CEC14D #9BCE4D

triadic

#CEC14D #4DCEC1 #C14DCE

tetradic

#CEC14D #4DCE80 #4D5ACE #CE4D9B

square

#CEC14D #4DCE80 #4D5ACE #CE4D9B

split-complementary

#CEC14D #4D9BCE #804DCE

monochromatic

#7E7523 #AEA130 #CEC14D #DBD27D #E8E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CEC14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC14D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC14D	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d384',
    500: '#cec14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec14d;
$custom-light: #e0d384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79989,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC14D

secondary

#3A4186

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC14D

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

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