#CEC262#CEC262

#CEC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC262
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -8.33, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 49.92, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0251 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9514, 52.5888, 19.2304)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC262 #626ECE

analogous

#CE8C62 #CEC262 #A4CE62

triadic

#CEC262 #62CEC2 #C262CE

tetradic

#CEC262 #62CE8C #626ECE #CE62A4

square

#CEC262 #62CE8C #626ECE #CE62A4

split-complementary

#CEC262 #62A4CE #8C62CE

monochromatic

#8A802B #B9AB3A #CEC262 #DDD491 #EBE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CEC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC262

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC262	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd491',
    500: '#cec262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec262;
$custom-light: #dfd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80429,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC262

secondary

#434C91

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC262

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

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