#CEC340#CEC340

#CEC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC340
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -11.15, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 64.95, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0369 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8960, 52.5240, 12.5701)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC340 #404BCE

analogous

#CE7C40 #CEC340 #92CE40

triadic

#CEC340 #40CEC3 #C340CE

tetradic

#CEC340 #40CE7C #404BCE #CE4092

square

#CEC340 #40CE7C #404BCE #CE4092

split-complementary

#CEC340 #4092CE #7C40CE

monochromatic

#756F1E #A69D2B #CEC340 #DAD271 #E7E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CEC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC340

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC340	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)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47d',
    500: '#cec340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec340;
$custom-light: #e0d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC340

secondary

#343A7E

accent

#52E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC340

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

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