#CEC54A#CEC54A

#CEC54A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.142 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54A
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -11.60, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 61.72, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0371 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.142 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6576, 53.5504, 14.3558)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54A #4A53CE

analogous

#CE834A #CEC54A #95CE4A

triadic

#CEC54A #4ACEC5 #C54ACE

tetradic

#CEC54A #4ACE83 #4A53CE #CE4A95

square

#CEC54A #4ACE83 #4A53CE #CE4A95

split-complementary

#CEC54A #4A95CE #834ACE

monochromatic

#7C7622 #ACA42F #CEC54A #DBD47A #E8E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CEC54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54A

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54A	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.142 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d682',
    500: '#cec54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54a;
$custom-light: #e0d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80807,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54A

secondary

#383D84

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54A

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

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