#CEC52D#CEC52D

#CEC52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.160 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC52D
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -12.99, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 72.03, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0438 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.16 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8955, 53.2455, 10.3420)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC52D #2D36CE

analogous

#CE752D #CEC52D #87CE2D

triadic

#CEC52D #2DCEC5 #C52DCE

tetradic

#CEC52D #2DCE75 #2D36CE #CE2D87

square

#CEC52D #2DCE75 #2D36CE #CE2D87

split-complementary

#CEC52D #2D87CE #752DCE

monochromatic

#6A6517 #9C9522 #CEC52D #DCD45D #E7E28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CEC52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC52D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC52D	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.160 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d673',
    500: '#cec52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec52d;
$custom-light: #e1d673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.646,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80607,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC52D

secondary

#2C3073

accent

#4AE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC52D

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

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