#CEC93E#CEC93E

#CEC93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.154 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC93E
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -14.29, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 67.83, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0459 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.154 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2115, 55.2445, 12.7328)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC93E #3E43CE

analogous

#CE813E #CEC93E #8BCE3E

triadic

#CEC93E #3ECEC9 #C93ECE

tetradic

#CEC93E #3ECE81 #3E43CE #CE3E8B

square

#CEC93E #3ECE81 #3E43CE #CE3E8B

split-complementary

#CEC93E #3E8BCE #813ECE

monochromatic

#74711D #A5A12A #CEC93E #DAD76F #E7E4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC93E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC93E	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)

#DAC127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.154 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97c',
    500: '#cec93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec93e;
$custom-light: #e1d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81563,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC93E

secondary

#33367D

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC93E

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

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