#CEC741#CEC741

#CEC741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC741
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -13.13, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 65.99, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0424 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8329, 54.3520, 13.0240)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC741 #4148CE

analogous

#CE8041 #CEC741 #8FCE41

triadic

#CEC741 #41CEC7 #C741CE

tetradic

#CEC741 #41CE80 #4148CE #CE418F

square

#CEC741 #41CE80 #4148CE #CE418F

split-complementary

#CEC741 #418FCE #8041CE

monochromatic

#76721E #A7A12B #CEC741 #DBD572 #E7E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC741

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC741	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cec741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec741;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81158,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC741

secondary

#35387F

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC741

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

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