#CEC63E#CEC63E

#CEC63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; 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	#CEC63E
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -12.77, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 66.75, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0417 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.152 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.5190, 53.8595, 12.5020)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC63E #3E46CE

analogous

#CE7E3E #CEC63E #8ECE3E

triadic

#CEC63E #3ECEC6 #C63ECE

tetradic

#CEC63E #3ECE7E #3E46CE #CE3E8E

square

#CEC63E #3ECE7E #3E46CE #CE3E8E

split-complementary

#CEC63E #3E8ECE #7E3ECE

monochromatic

#746F1D #A59E2A #CEC63E #DAD46F #E7E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC63E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC63E	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)

#D7BF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77c',
    500: '#cec63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec63e;
$custom-light: #e1d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC63E

secondary

#33377D

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC63E

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

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