#CEC940#CEC940

#CEC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.153 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC940
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -14.19, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 67.09, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0455 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.153 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2674, 55.2668, 13.0272)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC940 #4045CE

analogous

#CE8240 #CEC940 #8CCE40

triadic

#CEC940 #40CEC9 #C940CE

tetradic

#CEC940 #40CE82 #4045CE #CE408C

square

#CEC940 #40CE82 #4045CE #CE408C

split-complementary

#CEC940 #408CCE #8240CE

monochromatic

#75721E #A6A22B #CEC940 #DAD771 #E7E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC940

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC940	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)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97d',
    500: '#cec940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec940;
$custom-light: #e0d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81577,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC940

secondary

#34377E

accent

#4BE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC940

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

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