#CEC449#CEC449

#CEC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC449
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -11.16, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 61.76, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.036 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3979, 53.0844, 14.1043)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC449 #4953CE

analogous

#CE8249 #CEC449 #95CE49

triadic

#CEC449 #49CEC4 #C449CE

tetradic

#CEC449 #49CE82 #4953CE #CE4995

square

#CEC449 #49CE82 #4953CE #CE4995

split-complementary

#CEC449 #4995CE #8249CE

monochromatic

#7B7521 #ACA22E #CEC449 #DBD479 #E8E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CEC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC449

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC449	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d582',
    500: '#cec449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec449;
$custom-light: #e0d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80586,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC449

secondary

#383E83

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC449

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

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