#CEC162#CEC162

#CEC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC162
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -7.82, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 49.53, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0236 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7296, 52.1452, 19.1564)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC162 #626FCE

analogous

#CE8B62 #CEC162 #A5CE62

triadic

#CEC162 #62CEC1 #C162CE

tetradic

#CEC162 #62CE8B #626FCE #CE62A5

square

#CEC162 #62CE8B #626FCE #CE62A5

split-complementary

#CEC162 #62A5CE #8B62CE

monochromatic

#8A7F2B #B9AA3A #CEC162 #DDD391 #EBE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CEC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC162

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC162	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd391',
    500: '#cec162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec162;
$custom-light: #dfd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC162

secondary

#434D91

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC162

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

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