#CEC74A#CEC74A

#CEC74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74A
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -12.62, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 62.47, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.04 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.144 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1147, 54.4647, 14.5082)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74A #4A51CE

analogous

#CE854A #CEC74A #93CE4A

triadic

#CEC74A #4ACEC7 #C74ACE

tetradic

#CEC74A #4ACE85 #4A51CE #CE4A93

square

#CEC74A #4ACE85 #4A51CE #CE4A93

split-complementary

#CEC74A #4A93CE #854ACE

monochromatic

#7C7722 #ACA62F #CEC74A #DBD67A #E8E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CEC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74A

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74A	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d782',
    500: '#cec74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74a;
$custom-light: #e0d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74A

secondary

#383C84

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74A

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

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