#CECB49#CECB49

#CECB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.149 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB49
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -14.69, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 64.39, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.046 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.149 108)
XYZ	xyz(48.0138, 56.3162, 14.6430)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB49 #494CCE

analogous

#CE8949 #CECB49 #8ECE49

triadic

#CECB49 #49CECB #CB49CE

tetradic

#CECB49 #49CE89 #494CCE #CE498E

square

#CECB49 #49CE89 #494CCE #CE498E

split-complementary

#CECB49 #498ECE #8949CE

monochromatic

#7B7921 #ACA92E #CECB49 #DBD979 #E8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CECB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB49

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB49	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.149 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da82',
    500: '#cecb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb49;
$custom-light: #e0da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82075,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.56315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB49

secondary

#383A83

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB49

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

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