#CEC649#CEC649

#CEC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.144 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC649
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -12.17, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 62.50, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0388 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8520, 53.9927, 14.2557)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC649 #4951CE

analogous

#CE8449 #CEC649 #94CE49

triadic

#CEC649 #49CEC6 #C649CE

tetradic

#CEC649 #49CE84 #4951CE #CE4994

square

#CEC649 #49CE84 #4951CE #CE4994

split-complementary

#CEC649 #4994CE #8449CE

monochromatic

#7B7621 #ACA42E #CEC649 #DBD579 #E8E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC649

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC649	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)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.144 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d782',
    500: '#cec649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec649;
$custom-light: #e0d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC649

secondary

#383C83

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC649

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

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