#CEC942#CEC942

#CEC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.152 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC942
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -14.08, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 66.35, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.045 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.152 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3254, 55.2900, 13.3323)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC942 #4247CE

analogous

#CE8342 #CEC942 #8DCE42

triadic

#CEC942 #42CEC9 #C942CE

tetradic

#CEC942 #42CE83 #4247CE #CE428D

square

#CEC942 #42CE83 #4247CE #CE428D

split-complementary

#CEC942 #428DCE #8342CE

monochromatic

#77741F #A7A32B #CEC942 #DBD773 #E7E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CEC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC942

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC942	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.152 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#cec942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec942;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81592,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC942

secondary

#35387F

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC942

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

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