#CEC54C#CEC54C

#CEC54C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54C
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -11.48, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 60.89, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0365 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7261, 53.5778, 14.7163)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54C #4C55CE

analogous

#CE844C #CEC54C #96CE4C

triadic

#CEC54C #4CCEC5 #C54CCE

tetradic

#CEC54C #4CCE84 #4C55CE #CE4C96

square

#CEC54C #4CCE84 #4C55CE #CE4C96

split-complementary

#CEC54C #4C96CE #844CCE

monochromatic

#7D7722 #ADA52F #CEC54C #DBD57C #E8E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CEC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54C

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54C	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d684',
    500: '#cec54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54c;
$custom-light: #e0d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80825,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54C

secondary

#393E85

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54C

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

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