#CEC274#CEC274

#CEC274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC274
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -6.66, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 41.18, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0185 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8989, 52.9678, 24.2203)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC274 #7480CE

analogous

#CE9574 #CEC274 #ADCE74

triadic

#CEC274 #74CEC2 #C274CE

tetradic

#CEC274 #74CE95 #7480CE #CE74AD

square

#CEC274 #74CE95 #7480CE #CE74AD

split-complementary

#CEC274 #74ADCE #9574CE

monochromatic

#948734 #BEAE47 #CEC274 #DED6A1 #EEEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC274

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC274	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49d',
    500: '#cec274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec274;
$custom-light: #ded49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC274

secondary

#4D579A

accent

#3EBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC274

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

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