#CEC474#CEC474

#CEC474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.102 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC474
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 43.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -7.69, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 42.01, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0215 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.102 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3470, 53.8640, 24.3696)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC474 #747ECE

analogous

#CE9774 #CEC474 #ABCE74

triadic

#CEC474 #74CEC4 #C474CE

tetradic

#CEC474 #74CE97 #747ECE #CE74AB

square

#CEC474 #74CE97 #747ECE #CE74AB

split-complementary

#CEC474 #74ABCE #9774CE

monochromatic

#948934 #BEB147 #CEC474 #DED7A1 #EEEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC474

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC474	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.102 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59d',
    500: '#cec474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec474;
$custom-light: #ded59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81097,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC474

secondary

#4D559A

accent

#3ABB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC474

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

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