#CEC14F#CEC14F

#CEC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC14F
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -9.25, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 58.14, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0299 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9366, 51.8280, 14.9797)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC14F #4F5CCE

analogous

#CE814F #CEC14F #9BCE4F

triadic

#CEC14F #4FCEC1 #C14FCE

tetradic

#CEC14F #4FCE81 #4F5CCE #CE4F9B

square

#CEC14F #4FCE81 #4F5CCE #CE4F9B

split-complementary

#CEC14F #4F9BCE #814FCE

monochromatic

#7F7623 #AFA231 #CEC14F #DBD27F #E9E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CEC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC14F

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC14F	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d385',
    500: '#cec14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec14f;
$custom-light: #e0d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80008,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC14F

secondary

#3A4287

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC14F

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

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