#CEC943#CEC943

#CEC943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.151 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC943
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -14.03, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 65.97, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0447 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.151 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3551, 55.3019, 13.4890)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC943 #4348CE

analogous

#CE8343 #CEC943 #8DCE43

triadic

#CEC943 #43CEC9 #C943CE

tetradic

#CEC943 #43CE83 #4348CE #CE438D

square

#CEC943 #43CE83 #4348CE #CE438D

split-complementary

#CEC943 #438DCE #8343CE

monochromatic

#77741F #A8A42C #CEC943 #DBD774 #E7E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CEC943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC943

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC943	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)

#D9C12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.151 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97f',
    500: '#cec943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec943;
$custom-light: #e0d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81599,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC943

secondary

#353880

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC943

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

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