#CEC73E#CEC73E

#CEC73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC73E
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -13.28, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 67.11, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0431 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7483, 54.3181, 12.5784)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC73E #3E45CE

analogous

#CE7F3E #CEC73E #8DCE3E

triadic

#CEC73E #3ECEC7 #C73ECE

tetradic

#CEC73E #3ECE7F #3E45CE #CE3E8D

square

#CEC73E #3ECE7F #3E45CE #CE3E8D

split-complementary

#CEC73E #3E8DCE #7F3ECE

monochromatic

#74701D #A59F2A #CEC73E #DAD56F #E7E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC73E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC73E	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)

#D8C028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77c',
    500: '#cec73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec73e;
$custom-light: #e1d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81136,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC73E

secondary

#33377D

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC73E

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

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