#CEC841#CEC841

#CEC841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC841
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -13.63, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 66.36, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0438 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0638, 54.8136, 13.1010)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC841 #4147CE

analogous

#CE8141 #CEC841 #8DCE41

triadic

#CEC841 #41CEC8 #C841CE

tetradic

#CEC841 #41CE81 #4147CE #CE418D

square

#CEC841 #41CE81 #4147CE #CE418D

split-complementary

#CEC841 #418DCE #8141CE

monochromatic

#76721E #A7A22B #CEC841 #DBD672 #E7E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC841

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC841	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)

#D9C02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87e',
    500: '#cec841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec841;
$custom-light: #e0d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC841

secondary

#35387F

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC841

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

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