#CEC480#CEC480

#CEC480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.089 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC480
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 37.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -6.40, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 35.99, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0168 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.089 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0906, 54.1615, 28.2861)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC480 #808ACE

analogous

#CE9D80 #CEC480 #B1CE80

triadic

#CEC480 #80CEC4 #C480CE

tetradic

#CEC480 #80CE9D #808ACE #CE80B1

square

#CEC480 #80CE9D #808ACE #CE80B1

split-complementary

#CEC480 #80B1CE #9D80CE

monochromatic

#998D3B #BDAF54 #CEC480 #DFD9AC #F0EDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CEC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC480

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC480	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.089 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5a5',
    500: '#cec480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec480;
$custom-light: #ded5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 44.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC480

secondary

#545D9F

accent

#40B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC480

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →