#CEC54E#CEC54E

#CEC54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CEC54E
RGBrgb(206, 197, 78)
HSLhsl(56, 57%, 56%)
HSVhsv(56, 62%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.23, -11.35, 58.97)
CIE-LCHlch(78.23, 60.06, 100.90°)
OKLaboklab(80.84% -0.036 0.1344)
OKLCHoklch(80.84% 0.139 105)
XYZxyz(46.7967, 53.6060, 15.0882)
Luminance0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CEC54E #4E57CE
analogous
#CE854E #CEC54E #97CE4E
triadic
#CEC54E #4ECEC5 #C54ECE
tetradic
#CEC54E #4ECE85 #4E57CE #CE4E97
square
#CEC54E #4ECE85 #4E57CE #CE4E97
split-complementary
#CEC54E #4E97CE #854ECE
monochromatic
#7F7823 #AEA630 #CEC54E #DBD57E #E9E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#CEC54E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72
#CEC54E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54E
11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CEC54E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CEC54E1.001.7911.7211.72
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7221.001.001.00
##00000011.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BE40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C455
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DCB9AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cec54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d685',
    500: '#cec54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cec54e;
$custom-light: #e0d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cec54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80843,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.53604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CEC54E
secondary
#3A3F86
accent
#53E048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

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#CEC54E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva