#CEC63C#CEC63C

#CEC63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.153 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC63C
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -12.87, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 67.47, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0422 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.153 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.4651, 53.8379, 12.2183)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC63C #3C44CE

analogous

#CE7D3C #CEC63C #8DCE3C

triadic

#CEC63C #3CCEC6 #C63CCE

tetradic

#CEC63C #3CCE7D #3C44CE #CE3C8D

square

#CEC63C #3CCE7D #3C44CE #CE3C8D

split-complementary

#CEC63C #3C8DCE #7D3CCE

monochromatic

#736E1D #A49D29 #CEC63C #DAD46D #E7E39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC63C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC63C	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.153 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77b',
    500: '#cec63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec63c;
$custom-light: #e1d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80909,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC63C

secondary

#33377C

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC63C

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

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