#CEC840#CEC840

#CEC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.152 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC840
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -13.68, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 66.73, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.044 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.152 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0351, 54.8021, 12.9498)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC840 #4046CE

analogous

#CE8140 #CEC840 #8DCE40

triadic

#CEC840 #40CEC8 #C840CE

tetradic

#CEC840 #40CE81 #4046CE #CE408D

square

#CEC840 #40CE81 #4046CE #CE408D

split-complementary

#CEC840 #408DCE #8140CE

monochromatic

#75721E #A6A12B #CEC840 #DAD671 #E7E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC840

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC840	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)

#D9C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.152 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87d',
    500: '#cec840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec840;
$custom-light: #e0d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC840

secondary

#34377E

accent

#4CE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC840

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

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