#CEC052#CEC052

#CEC052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC052
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -8.53, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 56.47, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0275 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8279, 51.4321, 15.4944)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC052 #5260CE

analogous

#CE8252 #CEC052 #9ECE52

triadic

#CEC052 #52CEC0 #C052CE

tetradic

#CEC052 #52CE82 #5260CE #CE529E

square

#CEC052 #52CE82 #5260CE #CE529E

split-complementary

#CEC052 #529ECE #8252CE

monochromatic

#817725 #B1A232 #CEC052 #DCD182 #E9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CEC052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC052

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC052	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d287',
    500: '#cec052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec052;
$custom-light: #e0d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79828,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC052

secondary

#3C4488

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC052

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

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