#CEC862#CEC862

#CEC862 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC862
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 52.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -11.40, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 52.34, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0339 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.125 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3138, 55.3136, 19.6845)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC862 #6268CE

analogous

#CE9262 #CEC862 #9ECE62

triadic

#CEC862 #62CEC8 #C862CE

tetradic

#CEC862 #62CE92 #6268CE #CE629E

square

#CEC862 #62CE92 #6268CE #CE629E

split-complementary

#CEC862 #629ECE #9262CE

monochromatic

#8A852B #B9B23A #CEC862 #DDD891 #EBE9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CEC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC862

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC862	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd891',
    500: '#cec862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec862;
$custom-light: #dfd891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81693,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC862

secondary

#434791

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC862

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

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