#CEC050#CEC050

#CEC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC050
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -8.67, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 57.35, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0281 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7529, 51.4021, 15.0994)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC050 #505ECE

analogous

#CE8150 #CEC050 #9DCE50

triadic

#CEC050 #50CEC0 #C050CE

tetradic

#CEC050 #50CE81 #505ECE #CE509D

square

#CEC050 #50CE81 #505ECE #CE509D

split-complementary

#CEC050 #509DCE #8150CE

monochromatic

#807624 #B0A231 #CEC050 #DBD180 #E9E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CEC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC050

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC050	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d286',
    500: '#cec050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec050;
$custom-light: #e0d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC050

secondary

#3B4387

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC050

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

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