#CEC545#CEC545

#CEC545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC545
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -11.90, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 63.73, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0385 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4958, 53.4857, 13.5036)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC545 #454ECE

analogous

#CE8145 #CEC545 #93CE45

triadic

#CEC545 #45CEC5 #C545CE

tetradic

#CEC545 #45CE81 #454ECE #CE4593

square

#CEC545 #45CE81 #454ECE #CE4593

split-complementary

#CEC545 #4593CE #8145CE

monochromatic

#797320 #A9A12D #CEC545 #DBD475 #E8E3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CEC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC545

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC545	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67f',
    500: '#cec545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec545;
$custom-light: #e0d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80764,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC545

secondary

#363B81

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC545

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

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