#CEC23D#CEC23D

#CEC23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC23D
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -10.79, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 65.72, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0362 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5896, 52.0441, 12.0581)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC23D #3D49CE

analogous

#CE793D #CEC23D #92CE3D

triadic

#CEC23D #3DCEC2 #C23DCE

tetradic

#CEC23D #3DCE79 #3D49CE #CE3D92

square

#CEC23D #3DCE79 #3D49CE #CE3D92

split-complementary

#CEC23D #3D92CE #793DCE

monochromatic

#736C1D #A49A29 #CEC23D #DAD16E #E7E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CEC23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC23D

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC23D	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d47b',
    500: '#cec23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec23d;
$custom-light: #e1d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80067,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC23D

secondary

#33397C

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC23D

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

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