#CEC847#CEC847

#CEC847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC847
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -13.30, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 64.05, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0422 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2469, 54.8869, 14.0655)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC847 #474DCE

analogous

#CE8447 #CEC847 #91CE47

triadic

#CEC847 #47CEC8 #C847CE

tetradic

#CEC847 #47CE84 #474DCE #CE4791

square

#CEC847 #47CE84 #474DCE #CE4791

split-complementary

#CEC847 #4791CE #8447CE

monochromatic

#7A7621 #AAA52D #CEC847 #DBD677 #E8E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CEC847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC847

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC847	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d881',
    500: '#cec847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec847;
$custom-light: #e0d881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81418,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC847

secondary

#373A82

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC847

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

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