#CEC749#CEC749

#CEC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.145 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC749
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -12.68, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 62.87, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0403 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.145 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0813, 54.4513, 14.3321)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC749 #4950CE

analogous

#CE8549 #CEC749 #93CE49

triadic

#CEC749 #49CEC7 #C749CE

tetradic

#CEC749 #49CE85 #4950CE #CE4993

square

#CEC749 #49CE85 #4950CE #CE4993

split-complementary

#CEC749 #4993CE #8549CE

monochromatic

#7B7721 #ACA52E #CEC749 #DBD679 #E8E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CEC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC749

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC749	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.145 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d782',
    500: '#cec749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec749;
$custom-light: #e0d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC749

secondary

#383C83

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC749

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

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