#CEC43E#CEC43E

#CEC43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.150 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC43E
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -11.76, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 66.05, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0388 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.15 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.0649, 52.9512, 12.3506)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC43E #3E48CE

analogous

#CE7C3E #CEC43E #90CE3E

triadic

#CEC43E #3ECEC4 #C43ECE

tetradic

#CEC43E #3ECE7C #3E48CE #CE3E90

square

#CEC43E #3ECE7C #3E48CE #CE3E90

split-complementary

#CEC43E #3E90CE #7C3ECE

monochromatic

#746E1D #A59C2A #CEC43E #DAD36F #E7E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC43E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC43E	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.150 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d57c',
    500: '#cec43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec43e;
$custom-light: #e1d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80498,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC43E

secondary

#33397D

accent

#50E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC43E

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

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