#CEC244#CEC244

#CEC244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC244
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -10.43, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 63.05, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0344 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7906, 52.1245, 13.1167)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC244 #4450CE

analogous

#CE7D44 #CEC244 #95CE44

triadic

#CEC244 #44CEC2 #C244CE

tetradic

#CEC244 #44CE7D #4450CE #CE4495

square

#CEC244 #44CE7D #4450CE #CE4495

split-complementary

#CEC244 #4495CE #7D44CE

monochromatic

#78701F #A99E2C #CEC244 #DBD274 #E7E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CEC244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC244

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC244	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)

#D3BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47f',
    500: '#cec244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec244;
$custom-light: #e0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC244

secondary

#363C80

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC244

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

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