#CEC342#CEC342

#CEC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC342
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -11.05, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 64.18, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0364 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.146 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9539, 52.5471, 12.8752)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC342 #424DCE

analogous

#CE7D42 #CEC342 #93CE42

triadic

#CEC342 #42CEC3 #C342CE

tetradic

#CEC342 #42CE7D #424DCE #CE4293

square

#CEC342 #42CE7D #424DCE #CE4293

split-complementary

#CEC342 #4293CE #7D42CE

monochromatic

#77701F #A79E2B #CEC342 #DBD273 #E7E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CEC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC342

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC342	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47e',
    500: '#cec342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec342;
$custom-light: #e0d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80317,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC342

secondary

#353B7F

accent

#52E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC342

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

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