#CEC82E#CEC82E

#CEC82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.162 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC82E
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -14.47, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 72.73, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0479 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.162 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6029, 54.6293, 10.6739)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC82E #2E34CE

analogous

#CE782E #CEC82E #84CE2E

triadic

#CEC82E #2ECEC8 #C82ECE

tetradic

#CEC82E #2ECE78 #2E34CE #CE2E84

square

#CEC82E #2ECE78 #2E34CE #CE2E84

split-complementary

#CEC82E #2E84CE #782ECE

monochromatic

#6A6718 #9C9723 #CEC82E #DBD65E #E6E390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CEC82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC82E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC82E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.162 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d874',
    500: '#cec82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec82e;
$custom-light: #e1d874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81252,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC82E

secondary

#2D2F74

accent

#47E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC82E

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

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