#CEC562#CEC562

#CEC562 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC562
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -9.87, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 51.12, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0295 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.122 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6258, 53.9377, 19.4552)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC562 #626BCE

analogous

#CE8F62 #CEC562 #A1CE62

triadic

#CEC562 #62CEC5 #C562CE

tetradic

#CEC562 #62CE8F #626BCE #CE62A1

square

#CEC562 #62CE8F #626BCE #CE62A1

split-complementary

#CEC562 #62A1CE #8F62CE

monochromatic

#8A822B #B9AE3A #CEC562 #DDD691 #EBE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CEC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC562

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC562	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd691',
    500: '#cec562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec562;
$custom-light: #dfd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8106,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC562

secondary

#434A91

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC562

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

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