#CEC73F#CEC73F

#CEC73F 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 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC73F
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -13.23, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 66.74, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0429 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7760, 54.3292, 12.7243)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC73F #3F46CE

analogous

#CE7F3F #CEC73F #8DCE3F

triadic

#CEC73F #3FCEC7 #C73FCE

tetradic

#CEC73F #3FCE7F #3F46CE #CE3F8D

square

#CEC73F #3FCE7F #3F46CE #CE3F8D

split-complementary

#CEC73F #3F8DCE #7F3FCE

monochromatic

#75711E #A6A02A #CEC73F #DAD570 #E7E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC73F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC73F	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77c',
    500: '#cec73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec73f;
$custom-light: #e0d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC73F

secondary

#34377D

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC73F

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

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