#CEC650#CEC650

#CEC650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC650
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -11.73, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 59.59, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0368 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0973, 54.0908, 15.5475)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC650 #5058CE

analogous

#CE8750 #CEC650 #97CE50

triadic

#CEC650 #50CEC6 #C650CE

tetradic

#CEC650 #50CE87 #5058CE #CE5097

square

#CEC650 #50CE87 #5058CE #CE5097

split-complementary

#CEC650 #5097CE #8750CE

monochromatic

#807A24 #B0A831 #CEC650 #DBD680 #E9E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CEC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC650

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC650	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d786',
    500: '#cec650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec650;
$custom-light: #e0d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81074,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC650

secondary

#3B4087

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC650

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

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