#CEC450#CEC450

#CEC450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC450
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -10.71, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 58.83, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0339 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6432, 53.1825, 15.3962)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC450 #505ACE

analogous

#CE8550 #CEC450 #99CE50

triadic

#CEC450 #50CEC4 #C450CE

tetradic

#CEC450 #50CE85 #505ACE #CE5099

square

#CEC450 #50CE85 #505ACE #CE5099

split-complementary

#CEC450 #5099CE #8550CE

monochromatic

#807924 #B0A631 #CEC450 #DBD480 #E9E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CEC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC450

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC450	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d586',
    500: '#cec450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec450;
$custom-light: #e0d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80651,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC450

secondary

#3B4187

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC450

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

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