#CEC842#CEC842

#CEC842 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	#CEC842
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -13.58, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 65.98, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0435 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0930, 54.8253, 13.2549)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC842 #4248CE

analogous

#CE8242 #CEC842 #8ECE42

triadic

#CEC842 #42CEC8 #C842CE

tetradic

#CEC842 #42CE82 #4248CE #CE428E

square

#CEC842 #42CE82 #4248CE #CE428E

split-complementary

#CEC842 #428ECE #8242CE

monochromatic

#77731F #A7A22B #CEC842 #DBD673 #E7E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC842

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC842	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)

#D9C12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87e',
    500: '#cec842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec842;
$custom-light: #e0d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81379,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC842

secondary

#35387F

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC842

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

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