#CEC94D#CEC94D

#CEC94D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.144 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC94D
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -13.44, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 62.00, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.042 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.144 107)
XYZ	xyz(47.6814, 55.4324, 15.2076)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC94D #4D52CE

analogous

#CE884D #CEC94D #93CE4D

triadic

#CEC94D #4DCEC9 #C94DCE

tetradic

#CEC94D #4DCE88 #4D52CE #CE4D93

square

#CEC94D #4DCE88 #4D52CE #CE4D93

split-complementary

#CEC94D #4D93CE #884DCE

monochromatic

#7E7A23 #AEA930 #CEC94D #DBD87D #E8E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CEC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC94D

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC94D	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.144 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d984',
    500: '#cec94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec94d;
$custom-light: #e0d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81683,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.55431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC94D

secondary

#3A3D86

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC94D

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

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