#CEC848#CEC848

#CEC848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC848
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -13.24, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 63.65, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.042 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.147 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2793, 54.8998, 14.2359)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC848 #484ECE

analogous

#CE8548 #CEC848 #91CE48

triadic

#CEC848 #48CEC8 #C848CE

tetradic

#CEC848 #48CE85 #484ECE #CE4891

square

#CEC848 #48CE85 #484ECE #CE4891

split-complementary

#CEC848 #4891CE #8548CE

monochromatic

#7B7721 #ABA52E #CEC848 #DBD778 #E8E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CEC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC848

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC848	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)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d881',
    500: '#cec848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec848;
$custom-light: #e0d881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81427,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC848

secondary

#373B83

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC848

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

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