#CEC94A#CEC94A

#CEC94A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.146 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC94A
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -13.63, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 63.22, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0428 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.146 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5779, 55.3910, 14.6626)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC94A #4A4FCE

analogous

#CE874A #CEC94A #91CE4A

triadic

#CEC94A #4ACEC9 #C94ACE

tetradic

#CEC94A #4ACE87 #4A4FCE #CE4A91

square

#CEC94A #4ACE87 #4A4FCE #CE4A91

split-complementary

#CEC94A #4A91CE #874ACE

monochromatic

#7C7922 #ACA72F #CEC94A #DBD77A #E8E6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CEC94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC94A

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC94A	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.146 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d983',
    500: '#cec94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec94a;
$custom-light: #e0d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81656,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC94A

secondary

#383B84

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC94A

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

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