#CEC24E#CEC24E

#CEC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC24E
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -9.82, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 58.94, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0316 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1222, 52.2572, 14.8634)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC24E #4E5ACE

analogous

#CE824E #CEC24E #9ACE4E

triadic

#CEC24E #4ECEC2 #C24ECE

tetradic

#CEC24E #4ECE82 #4E5ACE #CE4E9A

square

#CEC24E #4ECE82 #4E5ACE #CE4E9A

split-complementary

#CEC24E #4E9ACE #824ECE

monochromatic

#7F7623 #AEA330 #CEC24E #DBD37E #E9E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CEC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC24E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC24E	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)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d484',
    500: '#cec24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec24e;
$custom-light: #e0d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80209,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC24E

secondary

#3A4186

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC24E

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

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