#CEC950#CEC950

#CEC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC950
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -13.25, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 60.75, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0411 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7898, 55.4758, 15.7784)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC950 #5055CE

analogous

#CE8A50 #CEC950 #94CE50

triadic

#CEC950 #50CEC9 #C950CE

tetradic

#CEC950 #50CE8A #5055CE #CE5094

square

#CEC950 #50CE8A #5055CE #CE5094

split-complementary

#CEC950 #5094CE #8A50CE

monochromatic

#807C24 #B0AB31 #CEC950 #DBD880 #E9E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CEC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC950

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC950	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d986',
    500: '#cec950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec950;
$custom-light: #e0d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81711,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC950

secondary

#3B3E87

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC950

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

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