#CEC24D#CEC24D

#CEC24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC24D
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -9.89, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 59.36, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0319 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0867, 52.2429, 14.6760)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC24D #4D59CE

analogous

#CE824D #CEC24D #99CE4D

triadic

#CEC24D #4DCEC2 #C24DCE

tetradic

#CEC24D #4DCE82 #4D59CE #CE4D99

square

#CEC24D #4DCE82 #4D59CE #CE4D99

split-complementary

#CEC24D #4D99CE #824DCE

monochromatic

#7E7523 #AEA230 #CEC24D #DBD27D #E8E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CEC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC24D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC24D	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)

#D2BC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d484',
    500: '#cec24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec24d;
$custom-light: #e0d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.802,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC24D

secondary

#3A4186

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC24D

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

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