#CECB3A#CECB3A

#CECB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.159 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB3A
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -15.48, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 69.96, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0497 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.159 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5750, 56.1407, 12.3323)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB3A #3A3DCE

analogous

#CE813A #CECB3A #87CE3A

triadic

#CECB3A #3ACECB #CB3ACE

tetradic

#CECB3A #3ACE81 #3A3DCE #CE3A87

square

#CECB3A #3ACE81 #3A3DCE #CE3A87

split-complementary

#CECB3A #3A87CE #813ACE

monochromatic

#71701C #A2A028 #CECB3A #DAD86B #E6E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CECB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB3A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB3A	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.159 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1da7a',
    500: '#cecb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb3a;
$custom-light: #e1da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81963,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB3A

secondary

#32337A

accent

#48E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB3A

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

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