#CEC42D#CEC42D

#CEC42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.159 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC42D
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -12.49, 70.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 71.71, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0424 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.159 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6692, 52.7929, 10.2665)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC42D #2D37CE

analogous

#CE742D #CEC42D #88CE2D

triadic

#CEC42D #2DCEC4 #C42DCE

tetradic

#CEC42D #2DCE74 #2D37CE #CE2D88

square

#CEC42D #2DCE74 #2D37CE #CE2D88

split-complementary

#CEC42D #2D88CE #742DCE

monochromatic

#6A6417 #9C9422 #CEC42D #DCD45D #E7E18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CEC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC42D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC42D	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.159 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d573',
    500: '#cec42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec42d;
$custom-light: #e1d573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.273,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC42D

secondary

#2C3073

accent

#4BE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC42D

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

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