#CECB40#CECB40

#CECB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.155 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB40
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -15.19, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 67.83, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0483 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.155 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7367, 56.2054, 13.1836)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB40 #4043CE

analogous

#CE8440 #CECB40 #8ACE40

triadic

#CECB40 #40CECB #CB40CE

tetradic

#CECB40 #40CE84 #4043CE #CE408A

square

#CECB40 #40CE84 #4043CE #CE408A

split-complementary

#CECB40 #408ACE #8440CE

monochromatic

#75741E #A6A42B #CECB40 #DAD871 #E7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CECB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB40

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB40	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.155 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7d',
    500: '#cecb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb40;
$custom-light: #e0da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82004,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB40

secondary

#34367E

accent

#49E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB40

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

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