#CEC64A#CEC64A

#CEC64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC64A
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -12.11, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 62.09, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0386 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8854, 54.0060, 14.4317)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC64A #4A52CE

analogous

#CE844A #CEC64A #94CE4A

triadic

#CEC64A #4ACEC6 #C64ACE

tetradic

#CEC64A #4ACE84 #4A52CE #CE4A94

square

#CEC64A #4ACE84 #4A52CE #CE4A94

split-complementary

#CEC64A #4A94CE #844ACE

monochromatic

#7C7722 #ACA52F #CEC64A #DBD57A #E8E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC64A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC64A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d782',
    500: '#cec64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec64a;
$custom-light: #e0d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC64A

secondary

#383D84

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC64A

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

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