#CEC844#CEC844

#CEC844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.149 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC844
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -13.47, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 65.22, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.043 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.149 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1530, 54.8493, 13.5709)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC844 #444ACE

analogous

#CE8344 #CEC844 #8FCE44

triadic

#CEC844 #44CEC8 #C844CE

tetradic

#CEC844 #44CE83 #444ACE #CE448F

square

#CEC844 #44CE83 #444ACE #CE448F

split-complementary

#CEC844 #448FCE #8344CE

monochromatic

#78741F #A9A32C #CEC844 #DBD674 #E7E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CEC844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC844

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC844	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87f',
    500: '#cec844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec844;
$custom-light: #e0d87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81394,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC844

secondary

#363980

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC844

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

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