#CEC44D#CEC44D

#CEC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC44D
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -10.91, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 60.10, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0348 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5348, 53.1392, 14.8254)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC44D #4D57CE

analogous

#CE834D #CEC44D #97CE4D

triadic

#CEC44D #4DCEC4 #C44DCE

tetradic

#CEC44D #4DCE83 #4D57CE #CE4D97

square

#CEC44D #4DCE83 #4D57CE #CE4D97

split-complementary

#CEC44D #4D97CE #834DCE

monochromatic

#7E7723 #AEA430 #CEC44D #DBD47D #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CEC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC44D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC44D	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d584',
    500: '#cec44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec44d;
$custom-light: #e0d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC44D

secondary

#3A3F86

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC44D

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

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