#CEC83D#CEC83D

#CEC83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.154 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC83D
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -13.83, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 67.83, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0448 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9520, 54.7689, 12.5122)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC83D #3D43CE

analogous

#CE7F3D #CEC83D #8CCE3D

triadic

#CEC83D #3DCEC8 #C83DCE

tetradic

#CEC83D #3DCE7F #3D43CE #CE3D8C

square

#CEC83D #3DCE7F #3D43CE #CE3D8C

split-complementary

#CEC83D #3D8CCE #7F3DCE

monochromatic

#73701D #A49F29 #CEC83D #DAD66E #E7E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CEC83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC83D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC83D	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)

#D9C025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d87b',
    500: '#cec83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec83d;
$custom-light: #e1d87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC83D

secondary

#33367C

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC83D

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

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