#CEC440#CEC440

#CEC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC440
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -11.66, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 65.30, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0383 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.1208, 52.9736, 12.6450)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC440 #404ACE

analogous

#CE7D40 #CEC440 #91CE40

triadic

#CEC440 #40CEC4 #C440CE

tetradic

#CEC440 #40CE7D #404ACE #CE4091

square

#CEC440 #40CE7D #404ACE #CE4091

split-complementary

#CEC440 #4091CE #7D40CE

monochromatic

#756F1E #A69D2B #CEC440 #DAD371 #E7E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC440

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC440	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)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57d',
    500: '#cec440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec440;
$custom-light: #e0d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80513,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC440

secondary

#34397E

accent

#50E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC440

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

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