#CEC63D#CEC63D

#CEC63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.152 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC63D
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -12.82, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 67.11, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0419 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.152 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.4918, 53.8486, 12.3588)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC63D #3D45CE

analogous

#CE7E3D #CEC63D #8DCE3D

triadic

#CEC63D #3DCEC6 #C63DCE

tetradic

#CEC63D #3DCE7E #3D45CE #CE3D8D

square

#CEC63D #3DCE7E #3D45CE #CE3D8D

split-complementary

#CEC63D #3D8DCE #7E3DCE

monochromatic

#736F1D #A49E29 #CEC63D #DAD46E #E7E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC63D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC63D	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)

#D7BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77b',
    500: '#cec63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec63d;
$custom-light: #e1d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80916,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC63D

secondary

#33377C

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC63D

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

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