#CEC048#CEC048

#CEC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.139 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC048
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -9.17, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 60.73, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0304 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.139 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4748, 51.2908, 13.6344)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC048 #4856CE

analogous

#CE7D48 #CEC048 #99CE48

triadic

#CEC048 #48CEC0 #C048CE

tetradic

#CEC048 #48CE7D #4856CE #CE4899

square

#CEC048 #48CE7D #4856CE #CE4899

split-complementary

#CEC048 #4899CE #7D48CE

monochromatic

#7B7121 #AB9E2E #CEC048 #DBD178 #E8E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CEC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC048

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC048	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.139 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d281',
    500: '#cec048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec048;
$custom-light: #e0d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79733,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC048

secondary

#373F83

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC048

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

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