#CEC45D#CEC45D

#CEC45D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC45D
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -9.77, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 53.04, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0298 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1708, 53.3936, 18.1750)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC45D #5D67CE

analogous

#CE8B5D #CEC45D #9FCE5D

triadic

#CEC45D #5DCEC4 #C45DCE

tetradic

#CEC45D #5DCE8B #5D67CE #CE5D9F

square

#CEC45D #5DCE8B #5D67CE #CE5D9F

split-complementary

#CEC45D #5D9FCE #8B5DCE

monochromatic

#887F29 #B7AB37 #CEC45D #DCD58C #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CEC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC45D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC45D	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58e',
    500: '#cec45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec45d;
$custom-light: #dfd58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC45D

secondary

#41488E

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC45D

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

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