#CEC22D#CEC22D

#CEC22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.157 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC22D
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -11.47, 70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 71.07, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0396 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.157 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2211, 51.8967, 10.1172)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC22D #2D39CE

analogous

#CE722D #CEC22D #8ACE2D

triadic

#CEC22D #2DCEC2 #C22DCE

tetradic

#CEC22D #2DCE72 #2D39CE #CE2D8A

square

#CEC22D #2DCE72 #2D39CE #CE2D8A

split-complementary

#CEC22D #2D8ACE #722DCE

monochromatic

#6A6317 #9C9322 #CEC22D #DCD25D #E7E08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CEC22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC22D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC22D	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.157 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d473',
    500: '#cec22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec22d;
$custom-light: #e1d473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.528,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79969,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC22D

secondary

#2C3173

accent

#4DE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC22D

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

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