#CEC22F#CEC22F

#CEC22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC22F
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -11.40, 69.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 70.46, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0392 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.156 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2605, 51.9125, 10.3248)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC22F #2F3BCE

analogous

#CE732F #CEC22F #8ACE2F

triadic

#CEC22F #2FCEC2 #C22FCE

tetradic

#CEC22F #2FCE73 #2F3BCE #CE2F8A

square

#CEC22F #2FCE73 #2F3BCE #CE2F8A

split-complementary

#CEC22F #2F8ACE #732FCE

monochromatic

#6A6418 #9C9324 #CEC22F #DBD160 #E6E091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CEC22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC22F

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC22F	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#D4BB05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d474',
    500: '#cec22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec22f;
$custom-light: #e1d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 62.846,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC22F

secondary

#2D3274

accent

#4EE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC22F

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

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