#CEC460#CEC460

#CEC460 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC460
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -9.53, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 51.65, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0288 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3063, 53.4478, 18.8886)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC460 #606ACE

analogous

#CE8D60 #CEC460 #A1CE60

triadic

#CEC460 #60CEC4 #C460CE

tetradic

#CEC460 #60CE8D #606ACE #CE60A1

square

#CEC460 #60CE8D #606ACE #CE60A1

split-complementary

#CEC460 #60A1CE #8D60CE

monochromatic

#89812A #B8AC39 #CEC460 #DCD58F #EBE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC460

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC460	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd590',
    500: '#cec460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec460;
$custom-light: #dfd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80825,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC460

secondary

#424990

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC460

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

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