#CEC447#CEC447

#CEC447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC447
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -11.27, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 62.57, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0365 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.144 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3326, 53.0583, 13.7607)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC447 #4751CE

analogous

#CE8147 #CEC447 #94CE47

triadic

#CEC447 #47CEC4 #C447CE

tetradic

#CEC447 #47CE81 #4751CE #CE4794

square

#CEC447 #47CE81 #4751CE #CE4794

split-complementary

#CEC447 #4794CE #8147CE

monochromatic

#7A7321 #AAA12D #CEC447 #DBD377 #E8E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CEC447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC447

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC447	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)

#D5BD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d581',
    500: '#cec447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec447;
$custom-light: #e0d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80569,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC447

secondary

#373D82

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC447

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

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