#CEC24C#CEC24C

#CEC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC24C
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -9.95, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 59.79, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0322 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0516, 52.2289, 14.4915)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC24C #4C58CE

analogous

#CE814C #CEC24C #99CE4C

triadic

#CEC24C #4CCEC2 #C24CCE

tetradic

#CEC24C #4CCE81 #4C58CE #CE4C99

square

#CEC24C #4CCE81 #4C58CE #CE4C99

split-complementary

#CEC24C #4C99CE #814CCE

monochromatic

#7D7522 #ADA22F #CEC24C #DBD27C #E8E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CEC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC24C

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC24C	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d483',
    500: '#cec24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec24c;
$custom-light: #e0d483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8019,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC24C

secondary

#394085

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC24C

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

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