#CEC73B#CEC73B

#CEC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.154 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC73B
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -13.43, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 68.18, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0438 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.154 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6683, 54.2861, 12.1568)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC73B #3B42CE

analogous

#CE7E3B #CEC73B #8CCE3B

triadic

#CEC73B #3BCEC7 #C73BCE

tetradic

#CEC73B #3BCE7E #3B42CE #CE3B8C

square

#CEC73B #3BCE7E #3B42CE #CE3B8C

split-complementary

#CEC73B #3B8CCE #7E3BCE

monochromatic

#726E1D #A39D29 #CEC73B #DAD56C #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC73B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC73B	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.154 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77a',
    500: '#cec73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec73b;
$custom-light: #e1d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81115,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC73B

secondary

#32367B

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC73B

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

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