#CEC24F#CEC24F

#CEC24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC24F
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -9.76, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 58.51, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0313 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1584, 52.2716, 15.0536)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC24F #4F5BCE

analogous

#CE824F #CEC24F #9ACE4F

triadic

#CEC24F #4FCEC2 #C24FCE

tetradic

#CEC24F #4FCE82 #4F5BCE #CE4F9A

square

#CEC24F #4FCE82 #4F5BCE #CE4F9A

split-complementary

#CEC24F #4F9ACE #824FCE

monochromatic

#7F7723 #AFA331 #CEC24F #DBD37F #E9E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CEC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC24F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC24F	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)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d485',
    500: '#cec24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec24f;
$custom-light: #e0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80219,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC24F

secondary

#3A4287

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC24F

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

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