#CEC762#CEC762

#CEC762 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC762
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -10.89, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 51.93, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0325 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.124 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0830, 54.8520, 19.6075)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC762 #6269CE

analogous

#CE9162 #CEC762 #9FCE62

triadic

#CEC762 #62CEC7 #C762CE

tetradic

#CEC762 #62CE91 #6269CE #CE629F

square

#CEC762 #62CE91 #6269CE #CE629F

split-complementary

#CEC762 #629FCE #9162CE

monochromatic

#8A842B #B9B13A #CEC762 #DDD891 #EBE8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CEC762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC762

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC762	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd791',
    500: '#cec762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec762;
$custom-light: #dfd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81481,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC762

secondary

#434891

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC762

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

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