#CEC44F#CEC44F

#CEC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC44F
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -10.78, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 59.26, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0342 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6065, 53.1678, 15.2030)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC44F #4F59CE

analogous

#CE844F #CEC44F #98CE4F

triadic

#CEC44F #4FCEC4 #C44FCE

tetradic

#CEC44F #4FCE84 #4F59CE #CE4F98

square

#CEC44F #4FCE84 #4F59CE #CE4F98

split-complementary

#CEC44F #4F98CE #844FCE

monochromatic

#7F7823 #AFA531 #CEC44F #DBD47F #E9E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CEC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC44F

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC44F	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)

#D4BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d585',
    500: '#cec44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec44f;
$custom-light: #e0d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC44F

secondary

#3A4087

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC44F

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

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