#CEC946#CEC946

#CEC946 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.149 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC946
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -13.86, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 64.81, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0439 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.149 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4474, 55.3389, 13.9753)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC946 #464BCE

analogous

#CE8546 #CEC946 #8FCE46

triadic

#CEC946 #46CEC9 #C946CE

tetradic

#CEC946 #46CE85 #464BCE #CE468F

square

#CEC946 #46CE85 #464BCE #CE468F

split-complementary

#CEC946 #468FCE #8546CE

monochromatic

#797620 #AAA52D #CEC946 #DBD776 #E8E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC946

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC946	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.149 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d980',
    500: '#cec946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec946;
$custom-light: #e0d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC946

secondary

#373982

accent

#4CE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC946

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

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