#CEC245#CEC245

#CEC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC245
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -10.37, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 62.65, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0342 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8214, 52.1368, 13.2788)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC245 #4551CE

analogous

#CE7E45 #CEC245 #95CE45

triadic

#CEC245 #45CEC2 #C245CE

tetradic

#CEC245 #45CE7E #4551CE #CE4595

square

#CEC245 #45CE7E #4551CE #CE4595

split-complementary

#CEC245 #4595CE #7E45CE

monochromatic

#797120 #A99E2D #CEC245 #DBD275 #E8E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CEC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC245

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC245	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47f',
    500: '#cec245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec245;
$custom-light: #e0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC245

secondary

#363D81

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC245

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

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