#CEC845#CEC845

#CEC845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; 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	#CEC845
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -13.41, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 64.83, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0428 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.149 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1838, 54.8616, 13.7330)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC845 #454BCE

analogous

#CE8445 #CEC845 #90CE45

triadic

#CEC845 #45CEC8 #C845CE

tetradic

#CEC845 #45CE84 #454BCE #CE4590

square

#CEC845 #45CE84 #454BCE #CE4590

split-complementary

#CEC845 #4590CE #8445CE

monochromatic

#797520 #A9A42D #CEC845 #DBD675 #E8E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CEC845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC845

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC845	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)

#D8C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d880',
    500: '#cec845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec845;
$custom-light: #e0d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81402,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC845

secondary

#363981

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC845

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

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