#CEC462#CEC462

#CEC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC462
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -9.36, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 50.72, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0281 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.121 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3995, 53.4851, 19.3797)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC462 #626CCE

analogous

#CE8E62 #CEC462 #A2CE62

triadic

#CEC462 #62CEC4 #C462CE

tetradic

#CEC462 #62CE8E #626CCE #CE62A2

square

#CEC462 #62CE8E #626CCE #CE62A2

split-complementary

#CEC462 #62A2CE #8E62CE

monochromatic

#8A822B #B9AD3A #CEC462 #DDD691 #EBE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CEC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC462

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC462	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd591',
    500: '#cec462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec462;
$custom-light: #dfd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80849,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC462

secondary

#434A91

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC462

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

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