#CEC93B#CEC93B

#CEC93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.156 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC93B
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -14.43, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 68.89, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0466 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.156 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1315, 55.2125, 12.3112)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC93B #3B40CE

analogous

#CE803B #CEC93B #8ACE3B

triadic

#CEC93B #3BCEC9 #C93BCE

tetradic

#CEC93B #3BCE80 #3B40CE #CE3B8A

square

#CEC93B #3BCE80 #3B40CE #CE3B8A

split-complementary

#CEC93B #3B8ACE #803BCE

monochromatic

#726F1D #A39F29 #CEC93B #DAD66C #E6E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC93B

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC93B	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.156 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97a',
    500: '#cec93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec93b;
$custom-light: #e1d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81542,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC93B

secondary

#32357B

accent

#4AE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC93B

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

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