#CEC463#CEC463

#CEC463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC463
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 51.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -9.28, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 50.24, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4470, 53.5041, 19.6300)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC463 #636DCE

analogous

#CE8F63 #CEC463 #A2CE63

triadic

#CEC463 #63CEC4 #C463CE

tetradic

#CEC463 #63CE8F #636DCE #CE63A2

square

#CEC463 #63CE8F #636DCE #CE63A2

split-complementary

#CEC463 #63A2CE #8F63CE

monochromatic

#8B822C #BAAE3A #CEC463 #DDD692 #EBE7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CEC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC463

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC463	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D3BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd592',
    500: '#cec463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec463;
$custom-light: #dfd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC463

secondary

#444B92

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC463

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

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