#CEC948#CEC948

#CEC948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.148 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC948
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -13.75, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 64.03, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0434 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.148 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5116, 55.3645, 14.3133)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC948 #484DCE

analogous

#CE8648 #CEC948 #90CE48

triadic

#CEC948 #48CEC9 #C948CE

tetradic

#CEC948 #48CE86 #484DCE #CE4890

square

#CEC948 #48CE86 #484DCE #CE4890

split-complementary

#CEC948 #4890CE #8648CE

monochromatic

#7B7721 #ABA62E #CEC948 #DBD778 #E8E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC948

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC948	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)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.148 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d982',
    500: '#cec948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec948;
$custom-light: #e0d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81639,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC948

secondary

#373A83

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC948

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

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