#CEC64D#CEC64D

#CEC64D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC64D
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -11.93, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 60.85, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0377 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.141 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9889, 54.0474, 14.9768)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC64D #4D55CE

analogous

#CE854D #CEC64D #95CE4D

triadic

#CEC64D #4DCEC6 #C64DCE

tetradic

#CEC64D #4DCE85 #4D55CE #CE4D95

square

#CEC64D #4DCE85 #4D55CE #CE4D95

split-complementary

#CEC64D #4D95CE #854DCE

monochromatic

#7E7823 #AEA630 #CEC64D #DBD57D #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CEC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC64D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC64D	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)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d784',
    500: '#cec64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec64d;
$custom-light: #e0d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC64D

secondary

#3A3E86

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC64D

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

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