#CEC93D#CEC93D

#CEC93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.155 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC93D
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -14.34, 66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 68.19, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0462 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.155 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1843, 55.2336, 12.5897)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC93D #3D42CE

analogous

#CE813D #CEC93D #8BCE3D

triadic

#CEC93D #3DCEC9 #C93DCE

tetradic

#CEC93D #3DCE81 #3D42CE #CE3D8B

square

#CEC93D #3DCE81 #3D42CE #CE3D8B

split-complementary

#CEC93D #3D8BCE #813DCE

monochromatic

#73701D #A4A029 #CEC93D #DAD76E #E7E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC93D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC93D	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.155 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97c',
    500: '#cec93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec93d;
$custom-light: #e1d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81556,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC93D

secondary

#33367C

accent

#4AE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC93D

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

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