#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
RGBrgb(206, 200, 46)
HSLhsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSVhsv(58, 78%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.83, -14.47, 71.28)
CIE-LCHlch(78.83, 72.73, 101.47°)
OKLaboklab(81.25% -0.0479 0.155)
OKLCHoklch(81.25% 0.162 107.2)
XYZxyz(46.6029, 54.6293, 10.6739)
Luminance0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CEC82E1.001.7611.9311.93
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9321.001.001.00
##00000011.9321.001.001.00

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

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#CEC82E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva