#CEC944#CEC944

#CEC944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.150 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC944
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -13.97, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 65.59, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0445 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.15 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3854, 55.3140, 13.6483)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC944 #4449CE

analogous

#CE8444 #CEC944 #8ECE44

triadic

#CEC944 #44CEC9 #C944CE

tetradic

#CEC944 #44CE84 #4449CE #CE448E

square

#CEC944 #44CE84 #4449CE #CE448E

split-complementary

#CEC944 #448ECE #8444CE

monochromatic

#78751F #A9A42C #CEC944 #DBD774 #E7E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CEC944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC944

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC944	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)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.150 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97f',
    500: '#cec944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec944;
$custom-light: #e0d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81607,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC944

secondary

#363980

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC944

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

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