#CEC452#CEC452

#CEC452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC452
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -10.58, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 57.96, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0333 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7182, 53.2125, 15.7911)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC452 #525CCE

analogous

#CE8652 #CEC452 #9ACE52

triadic

#CEC452 #52CEC4 #C452CE

tetradic

#CEC452 #52CE86 #525CCE #CE529A

square

#CEC452 #52CE86 #525CCE #CE529A

split-complementary

#CEC452 #529ACE #8652CE

monochromatic

#817A25 #B1A732 #CEC452 #DCD482 #E9E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CEC452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC452

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC452	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)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d587',
    500: '#cec452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec452;
$custom-light: #e0d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC452

secondary

#3C4288

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC452

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

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