#CEC63F#CEC63F

#CEC63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.151 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC63F
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -12.72, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 66.38, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0414 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.151 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5467, 53.8705, 12.6478)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC63F #3F47CE

analogous

#CE7E3F #CEC63F #8FCE3F

triadic

#CEC63F #3FCEC6 #C63FCE

tetradic

#CEC63F #3FCE7E #3F47CE #CE3F8F

square

#CEC63F #3FCE7E #3F47CE #CE3F8F

split-complementary

#CEC63F #3F8FCE #7E3FCE

monochromatic

#75701E #A69F2A #CEC63F #DAD470 #E7E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC63F

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC63F	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)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.151 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77c',
    500: '#cec63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec63f;
$custom-light: #e1d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC63F

secondary

#34387D

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC63F

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

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