#CEC442#CEC442

#CEC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC442
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -11.55, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 64.54, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0378 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1787, 52.9967, 12.9501)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC442 #424CCE

analogous

#CE7E42 #CEC442 #92CE42

triadic

#CEC442 #42CEC4 #C442CE

tetradic

#CEC442 #42CE7E #424CCE #CE4292

square

#CEC442 #42CE7E #424CCE #CE4292

split-complementary

#CEC442 #4292CE #7E42CE

monochromatic

#77711F #A79F2B #CEC442 #DBD373 #E7E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CEC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC442

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC442	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57e',
    500: '#cec442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec442;
$custom-light: #e0d57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80528,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC442

secondary

#353A7F

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC442

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →