#CEC33D#CEC33D

#CEC33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.149 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC33D
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -11.30, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 66.07, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0376 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.149 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8129, 52.4907, 12.1325)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC33D #3D48CE

analogous

#CE7A3D #CEC33D #91CE3D

triadic

#CEC33D #3DCEC3 #C33DCE

tetradic

#CEC33D #3DCE7A #3D48CE #CE3D91

square

#CEC33D #3DCE7A #3D48CE #CE3D91

split-complementary

#CEC33D #3D91CE #7A3DCE

monochromatic

#736D1D #A49B29 #CEC33D #DAD26E #E7E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CEC33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC33D

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC33D	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.149 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d47b',
    500: '#cec33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec33d;
$custom-light: #e1d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80279,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC33D

secondary

#33397C

accent

#51E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC33D

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

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