#CEC742#CEC742

#CEC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.150 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC742
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -13.07, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 65.62, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0421 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.15 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8622, 54.3636, 13.1779)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC742 #4249CE

analogous

#CE8142 #CEC742 #8FCE42

triadic

#CEC742 #42CEC7 #C742CE

tetradic

#CEC742 #42CE81 #4249CE #CE428F

square

#CEC742 #42CE81 #4249CE #CE428F

split-complementary

#CEC742 #428FCE #8142CE

monochromatic

#77721F #A7A12B #CEC742 #DBD573 #E7E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC742

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC742	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)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.150 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77e',
    500: '#cec742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec742;
$custom-light: #e0d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC742

secondary

#35397F

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC742

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

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