#CEC250#CEC250

#CEC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC250
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -9.69, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 58.08, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.031 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1950, 52.2863, 15.2468)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC250 #505CCE

analogous

#CE8350 #CEC250 #9BCE50

triadic

#CEC250 #50CEC2 #C250CE

tetradic

#CEC250 #50CE83 #505CCE #CE509B

square

#CEC250 #50CE83 #505CCE #CE509B

split-complementary

#CEC250 #509BCE #8350CE

monochromatic

#807724 #B0A431 #CEC250 #DBD380 #E9E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CEC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC250

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC250	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d486',
    500: '#cec250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec250;
$custom-light: #e0d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC250

secondary

#3B4287

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC250

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

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