#CEC93C#CEC93C

#CEC93C 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	#CEC93C
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -14.38, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 68.54, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0464 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.156 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1577, 55.2229, 12.4491)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC93C #3C41CE

analogous

#CE803C #CEC93C #8ACE3C

triadic

#CEC93C #3CCEC9 #C93CCE

tetradic

#CEC93C #3CCE80 #3C41CE #CE3C8A

square

#CEC93C #3CCE80 #3C41CE #CE3C8A

split-complementary

#CEC93C #3C8ACE #803CCE

monochromatic

#73701D #A49F29 #CEC93C #DAD76D #E7E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC93C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC93C	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)

#DAC123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.156 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97b',
    500: '#cec93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec93c;
$custom-light: #e1d97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81549,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC93C

secondary

#33357C

accent

#4AE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC93C

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

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