#CEC74E#CEC74E

#CEC74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74E
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -12.37, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 60.81, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0388 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(47.2538, 54.5203, 15.2406)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74E #4E55CE

analogous

#CE874E #CEC74E #95CE4E

triadic

#CEC74E #4ECEC7 #C74ECE

tetradic

#CEC74E #4ECE87 #4E55CE #CE4E95

square

#CEC74E #4ECE87 #4E55CE #CE4E95

split-complementary

#CEC74E #4E95CE #874ECE

monochromatic

#7F7A23 #AEA830 #CEC74E #DBD67E #E9E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CEC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74E	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)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d785',
    500: '#cec74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74e;
$custom-light: #e0d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81267,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.54519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74E

secondary

#3A3E86

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74E

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

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