#CEC243#CEC243

#CEC243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC243
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -10.48, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 63.44, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0347 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7603, 52.1124, 12.9574)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC243 #434FCE

analogous

#CE7C43 #CEC243 #94CE43

triadic

#CEC243 #43CEC2 #C243CE

tetradic

#CEC243 #43CE7C #434FCE #CE4394

square

#CEC243 #43CE7C #434FCE #CE4394

split-complementary

#CEC243 #4394CE #7C43CE

monochromatic

#77701F #A89D2C #CEC243 #DBD274 #E7E2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CEC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC243

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC243	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)

#D3BC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47e',
    500: '#cec243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec243;
$custom-light: #e0d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80113,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC243

secondary

#353C80

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC243

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

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