#CEC252#CEC252

#CEC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC252
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -9.56, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 57.21, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0304 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2700, 52.3163, 15.6418)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC252 #525ECE

analogous

#CE8452 #CEC252 #9CCE52

triadic

#CEC252 #52CEC2 #C252CE

tetradic

#CEC252 #52CE84 #525ECE #CE529C

square

#CEC252 #52CE84 #525ECE #CE529C

split-complementary

#CEC252 #529CCE #8452CE

monochromatic

#817825 #B1A432 #CEC252 #DCD382 #E9E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CEC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC252

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC252	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)

#D2BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d487',
    500: '#cec252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec252;
$custom-light: #e0d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80249,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC252

secondary

#3C4388

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC252

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

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