#CECB42#CECB42

#CECB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.154 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB42
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -15.08, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 67.09, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0478 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.154 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7946, 56.2285, 13.4888)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB42 #4245CE

analogous

#CE8542 #CECB42 #8BCE42

triadic

#CECB42 #42CECB #CB42CE

tetradic

#CECB42 #42CE85 #4245CE #CE428B

square

#CECB42 #42CE85 #4245CE #CE428B

split-complementary

#CECB42 #428BCE #8542CE

monochromatic

#77751F #A7A52B #CECB42 #DBD873 #E7E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CECB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB42

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB42	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.154 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7e',
    500: '#cecb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb42;
$custom-light: #e0da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB42

secondary

#35377F

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB42

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

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