#CEC54D#CEC54D

#CEC54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54D
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -11.42, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 60.48, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0363 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.7611, 53.5918, 14.9008)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54D #4D56CE

analogous

#CE844D #CEC54D #96CE4D

triadic

#CEC54D #4DCEC5 #C54DCE

tetradic

#CEC54D #4DCE84 #4D56CE #CE4D96

square

#CEC54D #4DCE84 #4D56CE #CE4D96

split-complementary

#CEC54D #4D96CE #844DCE

monochromatic

#7E7823 #AEA530 #CEC54D #DBD57D #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CEC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54D

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54D	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)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d684',
    500: '#cec54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54d;
$custom-light: #e0d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.5359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54D

secondary

#3A3F86

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54D

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

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