#CEC241#CEC241

#CEC241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC241
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -10.59, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 64.22, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0352 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.7014, 52.0888, 12.6468)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC241 #414DCE

analogous

#CE7C41 #CEC241 #93CE41

triadic

#CEC241 #41CEC2 #C241CE

tetradic

#CEC241 #41CE7C #414DCE #CE4193

square

#CEC241 #41CE7C #414DCE #CE4193

split-complementary

#CEC241 #4193CE #7C41CE

monochromatic

#766F1E #A79C2B #CEC241 #DBD272 #E7E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CEC241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC241

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC241	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)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47d',
    500: '#cec241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec241;
$custom-light: #e0d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC241

secondary

#353B7F

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC241

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

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