#CEC945#CEC945

#CEC945 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 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC945
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -13.92, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 65.20, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0442 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.15 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4161, 55.3263, 13.8104)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC945 #454ACE

analogous

#CE8545 #CEC945 #8FCE45

triadic

#CEC945 #45CEC9 #C945CE

tetradic

#CEC945 #45CE85 #454ACE #CE458F

square

#CEC945 #45CE85 #454ACE #CE458F

split-complementary

#CEC945 #458FCE #8545CE

monochromatic

#797620 #A9A52D #CEC945 #DBD775 #E8E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC945

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC945	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.150 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d980',
    500: '#cec945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec945;
$custom-light: #e0d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81615,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC945

secondary

#363981

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC945

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

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