#CEC648#CEC648

#CEC648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.145 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC648
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -12.23, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 62.90, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0391 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.145 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8191, 53.9795, 14.0825)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC648 #4850CE

analogous

#CE8348 #CEC648 #93CE48

triadic

#CEC648 #48CEC6 #C648CE

tetradic

#CEC648 #48CE83 #4850CE #CE4893

square

#CEC648 #48CE83 #4850CE #CE4893

split-complementary

#CEC648 #4893CE #8348CE

monochromatic

#7B7521 #ABA42E #CEC648 #DBD578 #E8E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC648

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC648	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.145 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d781',
    500: '#cec648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec648;
$custom-light: #e0d781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81001,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC648

secondary

#373C83

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC648

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

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