#CEC74C#CEC74C

#CEC74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74C
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -12.49, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 61.65, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0394 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.143 106)
XYZ	xyz(47.1832, 54.4921, 14.8687)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74C #4C53CE

analogous

#CE864C #CEC74C #94CE4C

triadic

#CEC74C #4CCEC7 #C74CCE

tetradic

#CEC74C #4CCE86 #4C53CE #CE4C94

square

#CEC74C #4CCE86 #4C53CE #CE4C94

split-complementary

#CEC74C #4C94CE #864CCE

monochromatic

#7D7822 #ADA72F #CEC74C #DBD67C #E8E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CEC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74C	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)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d784',
    500: '#cec74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74c;
$custom-light: #e0d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.5449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74C

secondary

#393D85

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74C

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

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