#CEC849#CEC849

#CEC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.146 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC849
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -13.18, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 63.25, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0417 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.146 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3122, 54.9130, 14.4091)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC849 #494FCE

analogous

#CE8549 #CEC849 #92CE49

triadic

#CEC849 #49CEC8 #C849CE

tetradic

#CEC849 #49CE85 #494FCE #CE4992

square

#CEC849 #49CE85 #494FCE #CE4992

split-complementary

#CEC849 #4992CE #8549CE

monochromatic

#7B7721 #ACA62E #CEC849 #DBD779 #E8E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CEC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC849

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC849	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)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.146 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d882',
    500: '#cec849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec849;
$custom-light: #e0d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC849

secondary

#383B83

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC849

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →