#CEC542#CEC542

#CEC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC542
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -12.06, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 64.89, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0393 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4050, 53.4494, 13.0256)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC542 #424BCE

analogous

#CE7F42 #CEC542 #91CE42

triadic

#CEC542 #42CEC5 #C542CE

tetradic

#CEC542 #42CE7F #424BCE #CE4291

square

#CEC542 #42CE7F #424BCE #CE4291

split-complementary

#CEC542 #4291CE #7F42CE

monochromatic

#77711F #A79F2B #CEC542 #DBD473 #E7E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC542

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC542	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)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67e',
    500: '#cec542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec542;
$custom-light: #e0d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80741,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC542

secondary

#353A7F

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC542

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

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