#CEC64B#CEC64B

#CEC64B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC64B
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -12.05, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 61.68, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0383 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9194, 54.0196, 14.6106)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC64B #4B53CE

analogous

#CE854B #CEC64B #94CE4B

triadic

#CEC64B #4BCEC6 #C64BCE

tetradic

#CEC64B #4BCE85 #4B53CE #CE4B94

square

#CEC64B #4BCE85 #4B53CE #CE4B94

split-complementary

#CEC64B #4B94CE #854BCE

monochromatic

#7D7722 #ADA52F #CEC64B #DBD57B #E8E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC64B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC64B	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)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d783',
    500: '#cec64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec64b;
$custom-light: #e0d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81028,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC64B

secondary

#393D84

accent

#51E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC64B

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

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