#CEC83B#CEC83B

#CEC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.155 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC83B
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -13.93, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 68.54, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0452 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.155 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8991, 54.7478, 12.2338)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC83B #3B41CE

analogous

#CE7F3B #CEC83B #8BCE3B

triadic

#CEC83B #3BCEC8 #C83BCE

tetradic

#CEC83B #3BCE7F #3B41CE #CE3B8B

square

#CEC83B #3BCE7F #3B41CE #CE3B8B

split-complementary

#CEC83B #3B8BCE #7F3BCE

monochromatic

#726F1D #A39E29 #CEC83B #DAD66C #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CEC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC83B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC83B	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)

#D9C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.155 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d87a',
    500: '#cec83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec83b;
$custom-light: #e1d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC83B

secondary

#32357B

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC83B

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

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