#CEC45F#CEC45F

#CEC45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC45F
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -9.61, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 52.12, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0291 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.123 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2605, 53.4295, 18.6477)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC45F #5F69CE

analogous

#CE8D5F #CEC45F #A1CE5F

triadic

#CEC45F #5FCEC4 #C45FCE

tetradic

#CEC45F #5FCE8D #5F69CE #CE5FA1

square

#CEC45F #5FCE8D #5F69CE #CE5FA1

split-complementary

#CEC45F #5FA1CE #8D5FCE

monochromatic

#89802A #B8AC38 #CEC45F #DCD58E #EBE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC45F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC45F	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58f',
    500: '#cec45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec45f;
$custom-light: #dfd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80813,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC45F

secondary

#42498F

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC45F

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

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