#CEC481#CEC481

#CEC481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.087 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC481
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 37.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -6.29, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 35.48, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0164 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.087 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1568, 54.1880, 28.6345)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC481 #818BCE

analogous

#CE9D81 #CEC481 #B1CE81

triadic

#CEC481 #81CEC4 #C481CE

tetradic

#CEC481 #81CE9D #818BCE #CE81B1

square

#CEC481 #81CE9D #818BCE #CE81B1

split-complementary

#CEC481 #81B1CE #9D81CE

monochromatic

#998D3C #BDAF55 #CEC481 #DFD9AD #F0EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CEC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC481

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC481	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.087 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5a6',
    500: '#cec481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec481;
$custom-light: #ded5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC481

secondary

#545E9F

accent

#40B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC481

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

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