#CEC74D#CEC74D

#CEC74D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74D
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -12.43, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 61.23, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0391 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.142 106)
XYZ	xyz(47.2182, 54.5061, 15.0532)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74D #4D54CE

analogous

#CE864D #CEC74D #94CE4D

triadic

#CEC74D #4DCEC7 #C74DCE

tetradic

#CEC74D #4DCE86 #4D54CE #CE4D94

square

#CEC74D #4DCE86 #4D54CE #CE4D94

split-complementary

#CEC74D #4D94CE #864DCE

monochromatic

#7E7923 #AEA730 #CEC74D #DBD67D #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CEC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74D	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d784',
    500: '#cec74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74d;
$custom-light: #e0d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.54504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74D

secondary

#3A3E86

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74D

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

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