#CEC73D#CEC73D

#CEC73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.153 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC73D
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -13.33, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 67.47, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0433 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.153 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7212, 54.3072, 12.4353)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC73D #3D44CE

analogous

#CE7E3D #CEC73D #8DCE3D

triadic

#CEC73D #3DCEC7 #C73DCE

tetradic

#CEC73D #3DCE7E #3D44CE #CE3D8D

square

#CEC73D #3DCE7E #3D44CE #CE3D8D

split-complementary

#CEC73D #3D8DCE #7E3DCE

monochromatic

#736F1D #A49E29 #CEC73D #DAD56E #E7E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC73D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC73D	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)

#D8C026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.153 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77b',
    500: '#cec73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec73d;
$custom-light: #e1d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81129,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC73D

secondary

#33377C

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC73D

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

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