#CEC84D#CEC84D

#CEC84D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC84D
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -12.94, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 61.61, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0406 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.143 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4491, 54.9677, 15.1301)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC84D #4D53CE

analogous

#CE874D #CEC84D #94CE4D

triadic

#CEC84D #4DCEC8 #C84DCE

tetradic

#CEC84D #4DCE87 #4D53CE #CE4D94

square

#CEC84D #4DCE87 #4D53CE #CE4D94

split-complementary

#CEC84D #4D94CE #874DCE

monochromatic

#7E7A23 #AEA830 #CEC84D #DBD77D #E8E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CEC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC84D

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC84D	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)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d884',
    500: '#cec84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec84d;
$custom-light: #e0d884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8147,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC84D

secondary

#3A3D86

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC84D

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

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