#CEC641#CEC641

#CEC641 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	#CEC641
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -12.62, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 65.63, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0409 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.15 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6036, 53.8933, 12.9476)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC641 #4149CE

analogous

#CE7F41 #CEC641 #8FCE41

triadic

#CEC641 #41CEC6 #C641CE

tetradic

#CEC641 #41CE7F #4149CE #CE418F

square

#CEC641 #41CE7F #4149CE #CE418F

split-complementary

#CEC641 #418FCE #7F41CE

monochromatic

#76711E #A7A02B #CEC641 #DBD572 #E7E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC641

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC641	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)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cec641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec641;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC641

secondary

#35397F

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC641

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

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