#CEC949#CEC949

#CEC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.147 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC949
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -13.69, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 63.63, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0431 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.147 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5445, 55.3777, 14.4865)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC949 #494ECE

analogous

#CE8649 #CEC949 #91CE49

triadic

#CEC949 #49CEC9 #C949CE

tetradic

#CEC949 #49CE86 #494ECE #CE4991

square

#CEC949 #49CE86 #494ECE #CE4991

split-complementary

#CEC949 #4991CE #8649CE

monochromatic

#7B7821 #ACA72E #CEC949 #DBD779 #E8E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CEC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC949

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC949	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.147 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d982',
    500: '#cec949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec949;
$custom-light: #e0d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81648,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC949

secondary

#383B83

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC949

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

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