#CEC54F#CEC54F

#CEC54F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54F
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -11.29, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 59.63, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0357 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8328, 53.6205, 15.2785)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54F #4F58CE

analogous

#CE854F #CEC54F #97CE4F

triadic

#CEC54F #4FCEC5 #C54FCE

tetradic

#CEC54F #4FCE85 #4F58CE #CE4F97

square

#CEC54F #4FCE85 #4F58CE #CE4F97

split-complementary

#CEC54F #4F97CE #854FCE

monochromatic

#7F7923 #AFA631 #CEC54F #DBD57F #E9E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CEC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54F

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54F	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)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d685',
    500: '#cec54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54f;
$custom-light: #e0d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80853,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54F

secondary

#3A4087

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54F

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

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