#CEC850#CEC850

#CEC850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC850
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -12.74, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 60.36, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0397 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.14 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5574, 55.0111, 15.7009)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC850 #5056CE

analogous

#CE8950 #CEC850 #95CE50

triadic

#CEC850 #50CEC8 #C850CE

tetradic

#CEC850 #50CE89 #5056CE #CE5095

square

#CEC850 #50CE89 #5056CE #CE5095

split-complementary

#CEC850 #5095CE #8950CE

monochromatic

#807B24 #B0AA31 #CEC850 #DBD780 #E9E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CEC850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC850

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC850	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d886',
    500: '#cec850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec850;
$custom-light: #e0d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC850

secondary

#3B3F87

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC850

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

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