#CEC260#CEC260

#CEC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC260
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -8.50, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 50.86, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0258 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8582, 52.5515, 18.7392)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC260 #606CCE

analogous

#CE8B60 #CEC260 #A3CE60

triadic

#CEC260 #60CEC2 #C260CE

tetradic

#CEC260 #60CE8B #606CCE #CE60A3

square

#CEC260 #60CE8B #606CCE #CE60A3

split-complementary

#CEC260 #60A3CE #8B60CE

monochromatic

#897F2A #B8AA39 #CEC260 #DCD48F #EBE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CEC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC260

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC260	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd490',
    500: '#cec260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec260;
$custom-light: #dfd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80405,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC260

secondary

#424B90

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC260

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

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