#CEC33F#CEC33F

#CEC33F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC33F
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -11.20, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 65.32, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0371 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8678, 52.5127, 12.4215)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC33F #3F4ACE

analogous

#CE7C3F #CEC33F #91CE3F

triadic

#CEC33F #3FCEC3 #C33FCE

tetradic

#CEC33F #3FCE7C #3F4ACE #CE3F91

square

#CEC33F #3FCE7C #3F4ACE #CE3F91

split-complementary

#CEC33F #3F91CE #7C3FCE

monochromatic

#756E1E #A69C2A #CEC33F #DAD270 #E7E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC33F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CEC33F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC33F

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC33F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC33F	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)

#D4BC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec33f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d47c',
    500: '#cec33f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec33f;
$custom-light: #e1d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec33f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80294,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC33F

secondary

#34397D

accent

#51E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC33F

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

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