#CEC94F#CEC94F

#CEC94F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC94F
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -13.31, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 61.17, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0414 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.142 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7531, 55.4611, 15.5852)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC94F #4F54CE

analogous

#CE894F #CEC94F #93CE4F

triadic

#CEC94F #4FCEC9 #C94FCE

tetradic

#CEC94F #4FCE89 #4F54CE #CE4F93

square

#CEC94F #4FCE89 #4F54CE #CE4F93

split-complementary

#CEC94F #4F93CE #894FCE

monochromatic

#7F7C23 #AFAA31 #CEC94F #DBD87F #E9E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CEC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC94F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC94F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d986',
    500: '#cec94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec94f;
$custom-light: #e0d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC94F

secondary

#3A3D87

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC94F

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

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