#CEC549#CEC549

#CEC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC549
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -11.66, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 62.13, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0374 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6242, 53.5370, 14.1798)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC549 #4952CE

analogous

#CE8349 #CEC549 #94CE49

triadic

#CEC549 #49CEC5 #C549CE

tetradic

#CEC549 #49CE83 #4952CE #CE4994

square

#CEC549 #49CE83 #4952CE #CE4994

split-complementary

#CEC549 #4994CE #8349CE

monochromatic

#7B7521 #ACA32E #CEC549 #DBD479 #E8E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CEC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC549

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC549	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d682',
    500: '#cec549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec549;
$custom-light: #e0d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80798,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC549

secondary

#383D83

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC549

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

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