#CEC83E#CEC83E

#CEC83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC83E
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -13.78, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 67.46, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0445 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9792, 54.7798, 12.6554)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC83E #3E44CE

analogous

#CE803E #CEC83E #8CCE3E

triadic

#CEC83E #3ECEC8 #C83ECE

tetradic

#CEC83E #3ECE80 #3E44CE #CE3E8C

square

#CEC83E #3ECE80 #3E44CE #CE3E8C

split-complementary

#CEC83E #3E8CCE #803ECE

monochromatic

#74711D #A5A02A #CEC83E #DAD66F #E7E4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC83E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC83E	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d87c',
    500: '#cec83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec83e;
$custom-light: #e1d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81349,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC83E

secondary

#33367D

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC83E

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

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