#CEC64F#CEC64F

#CEC64F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC64F
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -11.80, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 60.01, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0371 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0606, 54.0761, 15.3544)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC64F #4F57CE

analogous

#CE864F #CEC64F #97CE4F

triadic

#CEC64F #4FCEC6 #C64FCE

tetradic

#CEC64F #4FCE86 #4F57CE #CE4F97

square

#CEC64F #4FCE86 #4F57CE #CE4F97

split-complementary

#CEC64F #4F97CE #864FCE

monochromatic

#7F7923 #AFA731 #CEC64F #DBD67F #E9E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CEC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC64F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC64F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d785',
    500: '#cec64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec64f;
$custom-light: #e0d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC64F

secondary

#3A3F87

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC64F

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

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