#CEC640#CEC640

#CEC640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC640
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -12.67, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 66.01, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0412 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.15 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5749, 53.8818, 12.7964)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC640 #4048CE

analogous

#CE7F40 #CEC640 #8FCE40

triadic

#CEC640 #40CEC6 #C640CE

tetradic

#CEC640 #40CE7F #4048CE #CE408F

square

#CEC640 #40CE7F #4048CE #CE408F

split-complementary

#CEC640 #408FCE #7F40CE

monochromatic

#75711E #A69F2B #CEC640 #DAD571 #E7E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC640

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC640	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cec640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec640;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80938,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC640

secondary

#34387E

accent

#4EE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC640

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

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