#CEC84C#CEC84C

#CEC84C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.144 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC84C
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -13.00, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 62.03, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0409 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.144 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4140, 54.9537, 14.9456)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC84C #4C52CE

analogous

#CE874C #CEC84C #93CE4C

triadic

#CEC84C #4CCEC8 #C84CCE

tetradic

#CEC84C #4CCE87 #4C52CE #CE4C93

square

#CEC84C #4CCE87 #4C52CE #CE4C93

split-complementary

#CEC84C #4C93CE #874CCE

monochromatic

#7D7922 #ADA82F #CEC84C #DBD77C #E8E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CEC84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC84C

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC84C	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)

#D8C13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.144 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d884',
    500: '#cec84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec84c;
$custom-light: #e0d884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC84C

secondary

#393D85

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC84C

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

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