#CEC240#CEC240

#CEC240 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 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC240
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -10.64, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 64.60, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0355 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.6727, 52.0773, 12.4956)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC240 #404CCE

analogous

#CE7B40 #CEC240 #93CE40

triadic

#CEC240 #40CEC2 #C240CE

tetradic

#CEC240 #40CE7B #404CCE #CE4093

square

#CEC240 #40CE7B #404CCE #CE4093

split-complementary

#CEC240 #4093CE #7B40CE

monochromatic

#756E1E #A69C2B #CEC240 #DAD271 #E7E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CEC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC240

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC240	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47c',
    500: '#cec240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec240;
$custom-light: #e0d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8009,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC240

secondary

#343A7E

accent

#53E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC240

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

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