#CEC74F#CEC74F

#CEC74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC74F
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -12.30, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 60.39, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0386 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.14 106)
XYZ	xyz(47.2899, 54.5347, 15.4308)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC74F #4F56CE

analogous

#CE874F #CEC74F #95CE4F

triadic

#CEC74F #4FCEC7 #C74FCE

tetradic

#CEC74F #4FCE87 #4F56CE #CE4F95

square

#CEC74F #4FCE87 #4F56CE #CE4F95

split-complementary

#CEC74F #4F95CE #874FCE

monochromatic

#7F7A23 #AFA831 #CEC74F #DBD67F #E9E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CEC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC74F

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC74F	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d785',
    500: '#cec74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec74f;
$custom-light: #e0d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81276,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.54533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC74F

secondary

#3A3F87

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC74F

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

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