#CEC345#CEC345

#CEC345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC345
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -10.88, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 63.01, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0356 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0447, 52.5834, 13.3533)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC345 #4550CE

analogous

#CE7F45 #CEC345 #95CE45

triadic

#CEC345 #45CEC3 #C345CE

tetradic

#CEC345 #45CE7F #4550CE #CE4595

square

#CEC345 #45CE7F #4550CE #CE4595

split-complementary

#CEC345 #4595CE #7F45CE

monochromatic

#797220 #A99F2D #CEC345 #DBD375 #E8E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CEC345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC345

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC345	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47f',
    500: '#cec345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec345;
$custom-light: #e0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80341,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC345

secondary

#363C81

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC345

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

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