#CEC248#CEC248

#CEC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC248
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -10.20, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 61.44, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0333 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9169, 52.1750, 13.7817)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC248 #4854CE

analogous

#CE7F48 #CEC248 #97CE48

triadic

#CEC248 #48CEC2 #C248CE

tetradic

#CEC248 #48CE7F #4854CE #CE4897

square

#CEC248 #48CE7F #4854CE #CE4897

split-complementary

#CEC248 #4897CE #7F48CE

monochromatic

#7B7321 #ABA02E #CEC248 #DBD278 #E8E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CEC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC248

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC248	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)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d481',
    500: '#cec248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec248;
$custom-light: #e0d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80155,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC248

secondary

#373E83

accent

#55E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC248

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

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