#CEC34E#CEC34E

#CEC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC34E
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -10.33, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 59.31, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0331 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3456, 52.7038, 14.9378)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC34E #4E59CE

analogous

#CE834E #CEC34E #99CE4E

triadic

#CEC34E #4ECEC3 #C34ECE

tetradic

#CEC34E #4ECE83 #4E59CE #CE4E99

square

#CEC34E #4ECE83 #4E59CE #CE4E99

split-complementary

#CEC34E #4E99CE #834ECE

monochromatic

#7F7723 #AEA430 #CEC34E #DBD37E #E9E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CEC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC34E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC34E	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)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d485',
    500: '#cec34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec34e;
$custom-light: #e0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC34E

secondary

#3A4186

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC34E

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

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