#CEC84F#CEC84F

#CEC84F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC84F
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -12.81, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 60.78, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.04 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.141 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5208, 54.9964, 15.5078)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC84F #4F55CE

analogous

#CE884F #CEC84F #94CE4F

triadic

#CEC84F #4FCEC8 #C84FCE

tetradic

#CEC84F #4FCE88 #4F55CE #CE4F94

square

#CEC84F #4FCE88 #4F55CE #CE4F94

split-complementary

#CEC84F #4F94CE #884FCE

monochromatic

#7F7B23 #AFA931 #CEC84F #DBD77F #E9E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CEC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC84F

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC84F	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d886',
    500: '#cec84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec84f;
$custom-light: #e0d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC84F

secondary

#3A3E87

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC84F

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

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