#CEC642#CEC642

#CEC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC642
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -12.57, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 65.25, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0407 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6328, 53.9050, 13.1015)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC642 #424ACE

analogous

#CE8042 #CEC642 #90CE42

triadic

#CEC642 #42CEC6 #C642CE

tetradic

#CEC642 #42CE80 #424ACE #CE4290

square

#CEC642 #42CE80 #424ACE #CE4290

split-complementary

#CEC642 #4290CE #8042CE

monochromatic

#77721F #A7A02B #CEC642 #DBD573 #E7E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC642

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC642	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)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77e',
    500: '#cec642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec642;
$custom-light: #e0d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80953,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC642

secondary

#35397F

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC642

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

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