#CEC34D#CEC34D

#CEC34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.138 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC34D
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -10.40, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 59.73, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0334 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.138 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.3100, 52.6896, 14.7504)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC34D #4D58CE

analogous

#CE834D #CEC34D #98CE4D

triadic

#CEC34D #4DCEC3 #C34DCE

tetradic

#CEC34D #4DCE83 #4D58CE #CE4D98

square

#CEC34D #4DCE83 #4D58CE #CE4D98

split-complementary

#CEC34D #4D98CE #834DCE

monochromatic

#7E7623 #AEA330 #CEC34D #DBD37D #E8E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CEC34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC34D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC34D	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.138 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d484',
    500: '#cec34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec34d;
$custom-light: #e0d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80411,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC34D

secondary

#3A4086

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC34D

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

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