#CEC84A#CEC84A
#CEC84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CEC84A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(206, 200, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 57%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 64%, 81%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.1%, 19.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.00, -13.12, 61.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.00, 62.84, 102.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.44% -0.0414 0.1391) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.44% 0.145 106.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3456, 54.9263, 14.5851) |
| Luminance | 0.5493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.07
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.08
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.31
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.94
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.50
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CEC84A #4A50CE
analogous
#CE864A #CEC84A #92CE4A
triadic
#CEC84A #4ACEC8 #C84ACE
tetradic
#CEC84A #4ACE86 #4A50CE #CE4A92
square
#CEC84A #4ACE86 #4A50CE #CE4A92
split-complementary
#CEC84A #4A92CE #864ACE
monochromatic
#7C7822 #ACA62F #CEC84A #DBD77A #E8E5AA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#CEC84A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#CEC84A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CEC84A
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CEC84A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CEC84A | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C13A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC652
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DCBBAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cec84a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e0d883',
500: '#cec84a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cec84a; $custom-light: #e0d883; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cec84a",
"rgb": {
"r": 206,
"g": 200,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.273,
"s": 57.391,
"l": 54.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81444,
"c": 0.14511,
"h": 106.6
},
"luminance": 0.54925
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CEC84A
secondary
#383C84
accent
#4EE147
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140B
muted
#84837E