#CECB45#CECB45

#CECB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.152 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB45
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -14.92, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 65.96, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.047 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8854, 56.2649, 13.9668)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB45 #4548CE

analogous

#CE8745 #CECB45 #8DCE45

triadic

#CECB45 #45CECB #CB45CE

tetradic

#CECB45 #45CE87 #4548CE #CE458D

square

#CECB45 #45CE87 #4548CE #CE458D

split-complementary

#CECB45 #458DCE #8745CE

monochromatic

#797720 #A9A62D #CECB45 #DBD975 #E8E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CECB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB45

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB45	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)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.152 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da80',
    500: '#cecb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb45;
$custom-light: #e0da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB45

secondary

#363881

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB45

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

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