#CEC94C#CEC94C

#CEC94C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.145 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC94C
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -13.50, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 62.41, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0423 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.145 107)
XYZ	xyz(47.6464, 55.4184, 15.0231)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC94C #4C51CE

analogous

#CE884C #CEC94C #92CE4C

triadic

#CEC94C #4CCEC9 #C94CCE

tetradic

#CEC94C #4CCE88 #4C51CE #CE4C92

square

#CEC94C #4CCE88 #4C51CE #CE4C92

split-complementary

#CEC94C #4C92CE #884CCE

monochromatic

#7D7A22 #ADA92F #CEC94C #DBD77C #E8E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CEC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC94C

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC94C	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)

#D9C23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.145 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d984',
    500: '#cec94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec94c;
$custom-light: #e0d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81674,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.55417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC94C

secondary

#393C85

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC94C

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

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