#CEC43F#CEC43F

#CEC43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.149 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CEC43F
RGBrgb(206, 196, 63)
HSLhsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(56, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.85, -11.71, 64.62)
CIE-LCHlch(77.85, 65.67, 100.27°)
OKLaboklab(80.51% -0.0386 0.144)
OKLCHoklch(80.51% 0.149 105)
XYZxyz(46.0926, 52.9623, 12.4965)
Luminance0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CEC43F #3F49CE
analogous
#CE7C3F #CEC43F #91CE3F
triadic
#CEC43F #3FCEC4 #C43FCE
tetradic
#CEC43F #3FCE7C #3F49CE #CE3F91
square
#CEC43F #3FCE7C #3F49CE #CE3F91
split-complementary
#CEC43F #3F91CE #7C3FCE
monochromatic
#756F1E #A69D2A #CEC43F #DAD370 #E7E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#CEC43F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59
#CEC43F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC43F
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CEC43F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CEC43F1.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DDB7AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cec43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.149 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d57c',
    500: '#cec43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cec43f;
$custom-light: #e1d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cec43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80506,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CEC43F
secondary
#34397D
accent
#50E345
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#CEC43F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva