#CEC23F#CEC23F

#CEC23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC23F
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -10.69, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 64.98, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0357 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.6445, 52.0661, 12.3471)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC23F #3F4BCE

analogous

#CE7A3F #CEC23F #92CE3F

triadic

#CEC23F #3FCEC2 #C23FCE

tetradic

#CEC23F #3FCE7A #3F4BCE #CE3F92

square

#CEC23F #3FCE7A #3F4BCE #CE3F92

split-complementary

#CEC23F #3F92CE #7A3FCE

monochromatic

#756D1E #A69B2A #CEC23F #DAD170 #E7E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CEC23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC23F

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC23F	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)

#D3BB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d47c',
    500: '#cec23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec23f;
$custom-light: #e1d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80082,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC23F

secondary

#343A7D

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC23F

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

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