#CEC45A#CEC45A

#CEC45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC45A
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -10.00, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 54.41, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0308 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0405, 53.3415, 17.4889)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC45A #5A64CE

analogous

#CE8A5A #CEC45A #9ECE5A

triadic

#CEC45A #5ACEC4 #C45ACE

tetradic

#CEC45A #5ACE8A #5A64CE #CE5A9E

square

#CEC45A #5ACE8A #5A64CE #CE5A9E

split-complementary

#CEC45A #5A9ECE #8A5ACE

monochromatic

#867E28 #B5AA36 #CEC45A #DCD589 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CEC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC45A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC45A	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58c',
    500: '#cec45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec45a;
$custom-light: #dfd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80755,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC45A

secondary

#3F468D

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC45A

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

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