#CEC263#CEC263

#CEC263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC263
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 51.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -8.25, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 49.45, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0248 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9989, 52.6078, 19.4806)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC263 #636FCE

analogous

#CE8D63 #CEC263 #A5CE63

triadic

#CEC263 #63CEC2 #C263CE

tetradic

#CEC263 #63CE8D #636FCE #CE63A5

square

#CEC263 #63CE8D #636FCE #CE63A5

split-complementary

#CEC263 #63A5CE #8D63CE

monochromatic

#8B802C #BAAB3A #CEC263 #DDD492 #EBE6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CEC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC263

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC263	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)

#D1BD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd492',
    500: '#cec263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec263;
$custom-light: #dfd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80442,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC263

secondary

#444C92

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC263

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

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