#CECB4A#CECB4A

#CECB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB4A
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -14.63, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 63.99, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0457 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.148 108)
XYZ	xyz(48.0472, 56.3296, 14.8190)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB4A #4A4DCE

analogous

#CE894A #CECB4A #8FCE4A

triadic

#CECB4A #4ACECB #CB4ACE

tetradic

#CECB4A #4ACE89 #4A4DCE #CE4A8F

square

#CECB4A #4ACE89 #4A4DCE #CE4A8F

split-complementary

#CECB4A #4A8FCE #894ACE

monochromatic

#7C7A22 #ACA92F #CECB4A #DBD97A #E8E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CECB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB4A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB4A	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da83',
    500: '#cecb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb4a;
$custom-light: #e0da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82083,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.56328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB4A

secondary

#383A84

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB4A

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

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