#CEC541#CEC541

#CEC541 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 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC541
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -12.11, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 65.28, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0395 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.149 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3758, 53.4377, 12.8716)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC541 #414ACE

analogous

#CE7E41 #CEC541 #90CE41

triadic

#CEC541 #41CEC5 #C541CE

tetradic

#CEC541 #41CE7E #414ACE #CE4190

square

#CEC541 #41CE7E #414ACE #CE4190

split-complementary

#CEC541 #4190CE #7E41CE

monochromatic

#76711E #A79F2B #CEC541 #DBD472 #E7E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC541

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC541	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)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67d',
    500: '#cec541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec541;
$custom-light: #e0d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80733,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC541

secondary

#35397F

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC541

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

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