#CEC464#CEC464

#CEC464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.119 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC464
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 100)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 51.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -9.19, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 49.77, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0274 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.119 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4951, 53.5233, 19.8833)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC464 #646ECE

analogous

#CE8F64 #CEC464 #A3CE64

triadic

#CEC464 #64CEC4 #C464CE

tetradic

#CEC464 #64CE8F #646ECE #CE64A3

square

#CEC464 #64CE8F #646ECE #CE64A3

split-complementary

#CEC464 #64A3CE #8F64CE

monochromatic

#8C832C #BAAE3B #CEC464 #DDD692 #EBE7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CEC464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC464

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC464	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)

#D3BE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.119 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd592',
    500: '#cec464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec464;
$custom-light: #dfd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC464

secondary

#444B92

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC464

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

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