#CEC14E#CEC14E

#CEC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC14E
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -9.31, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 58.57, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0302 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9004, 51.8136, 14.7895)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC14E #4E5BCE

analogous

#CE814E #CEC14E #9BCE4E

triadic

#CEC14E #4ECEC1 #C14ECE

tetradic

#CEC14E #4ECE81 #4E5BCE #CE4E9B

square

#CEC14E #4ECE81 #4E5BCE #CE4E9B

split-complementary

#CEC14E #4E9BCE #814ECE

monochromatic

#7F7523 #AEA230 #CEC14E #DBD27E #E9E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CEC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC14E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC14E	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)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d384',
    500: '#cec14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec14e;
$custom-light: #e0d384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79999,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC14E

secondary

#3A4286

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC14E

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

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