#CEC544#CEC544

#CEC544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.147 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC544
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -11.95, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 64.12, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0387 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.147 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4650, 53.4734, 13.3415)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC544 #444DCE

analogous

#CE8044 #CEC544 #92CE44

triadic

#CEC544 #44CEC5 #C544CE

tetradic

#CEC544 #44CE80 #444DCE #CE4492

square

#CEC544 #44CE80 #444DCE #CE4492

split-complementary

#CEC544 #4492CE #8044CE

monochromatic

#78721F #A9A12C #CEC544 #DBD474 #E7E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC544

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC544	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)

#D6BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.147 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67f',
    500: '#cec544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec544;
$custom-light: #e0d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC544

secondary

#363B80

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC544

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

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