#CEC74B#CEC74B

#CEC74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74B
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -12.56, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 62.06, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0397 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1487, 54.4783, 14.6870)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74B #4B52CE

analogous

#CE864B #CEC74B #93CE4B

triadic

#CEC74B #4BCEC7 #C74BCE

tetradic

#CEC74B #4BCE86 #4B52CE #CE4B93

square

#CEC74B #4BCE86 #4B52CE #CE4B93

split-complementary

#CEC74B #4B93CE #864BCE

monochromatic

#7D7822 #ADA62F #CEC74B #DBD67B #E8E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CEC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74B	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d783',
    500: '#cec74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74b;
$custom-light: #e0d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8124,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74B

secondary

#393D84

accent

#50E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74B

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

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