#CEC839#CEC839

#CEC839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.156 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC839
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -14.02, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 69.23, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0457 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.156 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.8482, 54.7274, 11.9658)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC839 #393FCE

analogous

#CE7E39 #CEC839 #8ACE39

triadic

#CEC839 #39CEC8 #C839CE

tetradic

#CEC839 #39CE7E #393FCE #CE398A

square

#CEC839 #39CE7E #393FCE #CE398A

split-complementary

#CEC839 #398ACE #7E39CE

monochromatic

#716D1C #A29D28 #CEC839 #DAD66A #E6E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CEC839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC839

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC839	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.156 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d879',
    500: '#cec839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec839;
$custom-light: #e1d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.584,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.54726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC839

secondary

#31347A

accent

#4BE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC839

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

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