#CEC44A#CEC44A

#CEC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC44A
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -11.10, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 61.35, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0357 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4313, 53.0978, 14.2803)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC44A #4A54CE

analogous

#CE824A #CEC44A #96CE4A

triadic

#CEC44A #4ACEC4 #C44ACE

tetradic

#CEC44A #4ACE82 #4A54CE #CE4A96

square

#CEC44A #4ACE82 #4A54CE #CE4A96

split-complementary

#CEC44A #4A96CE #824ACE

monochromatic

#7C7522 #ACA32F #CEC44A #DBD47A #E8E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CEC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC44A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC44A	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d582',
    500: '#cec44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec44a;
$custom-light: #e0d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80595,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC44A

secondary

#383E84

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC44A

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

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