#CEC24B#CEC24B

#CEC24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC24B
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -10.01, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 60.20, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0325 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0171, 52.2151, 14.3098)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC24B #4B57CE

analogous

#CE814B #CEC24B #98CE4B

triadic

#CEC24B #4BCEC2 #C24BCE

tetradic

#CEC24B #4BCE81 #4B57CE #CE4B98

square

#CEC24B #4BCE81 #4B57CE #CE4B98

split-complementary

#CEC24B #4B98CE #814BCE

monochromatic

#7D7422 #ADA12F #CEC24B #DBD27B #E8E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CEC24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC24B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC24B	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d483',
    500: '#cec24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec24b;
$custom-light: #e0d483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80181,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC24B

secondary

#394084

accent

#55E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC24B

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

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