#CEC44E#CEC44E

#CEC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC44E
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -10.84, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 59.68, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0345 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5704, 53.1534, 15.0128)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC44E #4E58CE

analogous

#CE844E #CEC44E #98CE4E

triadic

#CEC44E #4ECEC4 #C44ECE

tetradic

#CEC44E #4ECE84 #4E58CE #CE4E98

square

#CEC44E #4ECE84 #4E58CE #CE4E98

split-complementary

#CEC44E #4E98CE #844ECE

monochromatic

#7F7723 #AEA530 #CEC44E #DBD47E #E9E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CEC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC44E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC44E	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)

#D4BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d585',
    500: '#cec44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec44e;
$custom-light: #e0d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC44E

secondary

#3A4086

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC44E

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

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