#CEC049#CEC049

#CEC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC049
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -9.11, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 60.32, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0302 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5076, 51.3039, 13.8076)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC049 #4957CE

analogous

#CE7D49 #CEC049 #9ACE49

triadic

#CEC049 #49CEC0 #C049CE

tetradic

#CEC049 #49CE7D #4957CE #CE499A

square

#CEC049 #49CE7D #4957CE #CE499A

split-complementary

#CEC049 #499ACE #7D49CE

monochromatic

#7B7221 #AC9E2E #CEC049 #DBD179 #E8E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CEC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC049

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC049	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d281',
    500: '#cec049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec049;
$custom-light: #e0d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79742,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC049

secondary

#384083

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC049

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

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