#CEC739#CEC739

#CEC739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.155 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC739
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -13.52, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 68.88, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0443 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.156 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6174, 54.2657, 11.8888)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC739 #3940CE

analogous

#CE7D39 #CEC739 #8BCE39

triadic

#CEC739 #39CEC7 #C739CE

tetradic

#CEC739 #39CE7D #3940CE #CE398B

square

#CEC739 #39CE7D #3940CE #CE398B

split-complementary

#CEC739 #398BCE #7D39CE

monochromatic

#716D1C #A29C28 #CEC739 #DAD56A #E6E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CEC739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC739

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC739	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.155 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d779',
    500: '#cec739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec739;
$custom-light: #e1d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC739

secondary

#31357A

accent

#4CE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC739

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

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