#CEC472#CEC472

#CEC472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC472
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -7.89, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 43.00, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0222 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2319, 53.8180, 23.7635)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC472 #727CCE

analogous

#CE9672 #CEC472 #AACE72

triadic

#CEC472 #72CEC4 #C472CE

tetradic

#CEC472 #72CE96 #727CCE #CE72AA

square

#CEC472 #72CE96 #727CCE #CE72AA

split-complementary

#CEC472 #72AACE #9672CE

monochromatic

#938833 #BEB145 #CEC472 #DED79F #EEEACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CEC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC472

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC472	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59c',
    500: '#cec472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec472;
$custom-light: #ded59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC472

secondary

#4B5499

accent

#3ABC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC472

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

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