#CEC540#CEC540

#CEC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC540
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -12.17, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 65.65, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0398 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.149 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3471, 53.4262, 12.7204)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC540 #4049CE

analogous

#CE7E40 #CEC540 #90CE40

triadic

#CEC540 #40CEC5 #C540CE

tetradic

#CEC540 #40CE7E #4049CE #CE4090

square

#CEC540 #40CE7E #4049CE #CE4090

split-complementary

#CEC540 #4090CE #7E40CE

monochromatic

#75701E #A69E2B #CEC540 #DAD471 #E7E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CEC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC540

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC540	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)

#D6BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67d',
    500: '#cec540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec540;
$custom-light: #e0d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80725,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC540

secondary

#34397E

accent

#4FE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC540

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

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