#CEC362#CEC362

#CEC362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC362
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -8.85, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 50.32, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0266 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.12 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1747, 53.0355, 19.3048)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC362 #626DCE

analogous

#CE8D62 #CEC362 #A3CE62

triadic

#CEC362 #62CEC3 #C362CE

tetradic

#CEC362 #62CE8D #626DCE #CE62A3

square

#CEC362 #62CE8D #626DCE #CE62A3

split-complementary

#CEC362 #62A3CE #8D62CE

monochromatic

#8A812B #B9AC3A #CEC362 #DDD591 #EBE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CEC362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC362

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC362	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd491',
    500: '#cec362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec362;
$custom-light: #dfd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80639,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC362

secondary

#434B91

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC362

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

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