#CEC64C#CEC64C

#CEC64C 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 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC64C
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -11.99, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 61.27, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.038 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9539, 54.0334, 14.7922)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC64C #4C54CE

analogous

#CE854C #CEC64C #95CE4C

triadic

#CEC64C #4CCEC6 #C64CCE

tetradic

#CEC64C #4CCE85 #4C54CE #CE4C95

square

#CEC64C #4CCE85 #4C54CE #CE4C95

split-complementary

#CEC64C #4C95CE #854CCE

monochromatic

#7D7822 #ADA62F #CEC64C #DBD57C #E8E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CEC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC64C

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC64C	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d784',
    500: '#cec64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec64c;
$custom-light: #e0d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC64C

secondary

#393E85

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC64C

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

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