#CEC448#CEC448

#CEC448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC448
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -11.22, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 62.17, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0362 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3650, 53.0712, 13.9311)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC448 #4852CE

analogous

#CE8148 #CEC448 #95CE48

triadic

#CEC448 #48CEC4 #C448CE

tetradic

#CEC448 #48CE81 #4852CE #CE4895

square

#CEC448 #48CE81 #4852CE #CE4895

split-complementary

#CEC448 #4895CE #8148CE

monochromatic

#7B7421 #ABA22E #CEC448 #DBD478 #E8E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CEC448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC448

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC448	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)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d581',
    500: '#cec448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec448;
$custom-light: #e0d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80577,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC448

secondary

#373D83

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC448

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

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