#CEC852#CEC852

#CEC852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC852
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -12.61, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 59.51, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0391 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6324, 55.0411, 16.0959)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC852 #5258CE

analogous

#CE8A52 #CEC852 #96CE52

triadic

#CEC852 #52CEC8 #C852CE

tetradic

#CEC852 #52CE8A #5258CE #CE5296

square

#CEC852 #52CE8A #5258CE #CE5296

split-complementary

#CEC852 #5296CE #8A52CE

monochromatic

#817D25 #B1AB32 #CEC852 #DCD782 #E9E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CEC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC852

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC852	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d887',
    500: '#cec852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec852;
$custom-light: #e0d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81517,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC852

secondary

#3C3F88

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC852

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

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