#CEC350#CEC350

#CEC350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC350
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -10.20, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 58.45, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0325 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4183, 52.7329, 15.3212)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC350 #505BCE

analogous

#CE8450 #CEC350 #9ACE50

triadic

#CEC350 #50CEC3 #C350CE

tetradic

#CEC350 #50CE84 #505BCE #CE509A

square

#CEC350 #50CE84 #505BCE #CE509A

split-complementary

#CEC350 #509ACE #8450CE

monochromatic

#807824 #B0A531 #CEC350 #DBD380 #E9E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CEC350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC350

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC350	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d486',
    500: '#cec350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec350;
$custom-light: #e0d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80439,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC350

secondary

#3B4287

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC350

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

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