#CEC149#CEC149

#CEC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC149
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -9.63, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 60.68, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0316 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7280, 51.7446, 13.8810)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC149 #4956CE

analogous

#CE7E49 #CEC149 #99CE49

triadic

#CEC149 #49CEC1 #C149CE

tetradic

#CEC149 #49CE7E #4956CE #CE4999

square

#CEC149 #49CE7E #4956CE #CE4999

split-complementary

#CEC149 #4999CE #7E49CE

monochromatic

#7B7321 #AC9F2E #CEC149 #DBD179 #E8E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CEC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC149

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC149	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d381',
    500: '#cec149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec149;
$custom-light: #e0d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79952,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC149

secondary

#383F83

accent

#56E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC149

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

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