#CEC246#CEC246

#CEC246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.142 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC246
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -10.31, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 62.25, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0339 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8527, 52.1493, 13.4437)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC246 #4652CE

analogous

#CE7E46 #CEC246 #96CE46

triadic

#CEC246 #46CEC2 #C246CE

tetradic

#CEC246 #46CE7E #4652CE #CE4696

square

#CEC246 #46CE7E #4652CE #CE4696

split-complementary

#CEC246 #4696CE #7E46CE

monochromatic

#797220 #AA9F2D #CEC246 #DBD276 #E8E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CEC246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC246

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC246	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)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d480',
    500: '#cec246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec246;
$custom-light: #e0d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC246

secondary

#373D82

accent

#54E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC246

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

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