#CEC249#CEC249

#CEC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC249
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -10.14, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 61.03, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0331 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9498, 52.1882, 13.9550)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC249 #4955CE

analogous

#CE7F49 #CEC249 #98CE49

triadic

#CEC249 #49CEC2 #C249CE

tetradic

#CEC249 #49CE7F #4955CE #CE4998

square

#CEC249 #49CE7F #4955CE #CE4998

split-complementary

#CEC249 #4998CE #7F49CE

monochromatic

#7B7321 #ACA02E #CEC249 #DBD279 #E8E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CEC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC249

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC249	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d482',
    500: '#cec249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec249;
$custom-light: #e0d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80163,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC249

secondary

#383F83

accent

#55E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC249

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

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