#CEC046#CEC046

#CEC046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC046
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -9.29, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 61.55, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.031 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4106, 51.2651, 13.2963)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC046 #4654CE

analogous

#CE7C46 #CEC046 #98CE46

triadic

#CEC046 #46CEC0 #C046CE

tetradic

#CEC046 #46CE7C #4654CE #CE4698

square

#CEC046 #46CE7C #4654CE #CE4698

split-complementary

#CEC046 #4698CE #7C46CE

monochromatic

#797020 #AA9D2D #CEC046 #DBD076 #E8E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CEC046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC046

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC046	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d280',
    500: '#cec046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec046;
$custom-light: #e0d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79716,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC046

secondary

#373E82

accent

#56E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC046

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

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