#CEC83F#CEC83F

#CEC83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC83F
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -13.73, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 67.10, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0443 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0069, 54.7909, 12.8012)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC83F #3F45CE

analogous

#CE813F #CEC83F #8CCE3F

triadic

#CEC83F #3FCEC8 #C83FCE

tetradic

#CEC83F #3FCE81 #3F45CE #CE3F8C

square

#CEC83F #3FCE81 #3F45CE #CE3F8C

split-complementary

#CEC83F #3F8CCE #813FCE

monochromatic

#75711E #A6A02A #CEC83F #DAD670 #E7E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC83F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC83F	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)

#D9C029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87c',
    500: '#cec83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec83f;
$custom-light: #e0d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81356,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC83F

secondary

#34377D

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC83F

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

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