#CEC444#CEC444

#CEC444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC444
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -11.45, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 63.76, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0373 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2387, 53.0207, 13.2661)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC444 #444ECE

analogous

#CE7F44 #CEC444 #93CE44

triadic

#CEC444 #44CEC4 #C444CE

tetradic

#CEC444 #44CE7F #444ECE #CE4493

square

#CEC444 #44CE7F #444ECE #CE4493

split-complementary

#CEC444 #4493CE #7F44CE

monochromatic

#78721F #A9A02C #CEC444 #DBD374 #E7E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CEC444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC444

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC444	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)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57f',
    500: '#cec444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec444;
$custom-light: #e0d57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC444

secondary

#363B80

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC444

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

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