#CEC349#CEC349

#CEC349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC349
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -10.65, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 61.40, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0345 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1731, 52.6348, 14.0294)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC349 #4954CE

analogous

#CE8149 #CEC349 #96CE49

triadic

#CEC349 #49CEC3 #C349CE

tetradic

#CEC349 #49CE81 #4954CE #CE4996

square

#CEC349 #49CE81 #4954CE #CE4996

split-complementary

#CEC349 #4996CE #8149CE

monochromatic

#7B7421 #ACA12E #CEC349 #DBD379 #E8E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CEC349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC349

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC349	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d482',
    500: '#cec349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec349;
$custom-light: #e0d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC349

secondary

#383E83

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC349

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

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