#CEC44B#CEC44B

#CEC44B 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	#CEC44B
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -11.03, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 60.94, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0354 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4652, 53.1114, 14.4592)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC44B #4B55CE

analogous

#CE834B #CEC44B #96CE4B

triadic

#CEC44B #4BCEC4 #C44BCE

tetradic

#CEC44B #4BCE83 #4B55CE #CE4B96

square

#CEC44B #4BCE83 #4B55CE #CE4B96

split-complementary

#CEC44B #4B96CE #834BCE

monochromatic

#7D7622 #ADA32F #CEC44B #DBD47B #E8E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CEC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC44B

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC44B	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)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d583',
    500: '#cec44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec44b;
$custom-light: #e0d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC44B

secondary

#393F84

accent

#53E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC44B

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

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