#CECB4C#CECB4C

#CECB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.147 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB4C
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 63.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -14.51, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 63.19, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0451 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.147 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1156, 56.3570, 15.1795)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB4C #4C4FCE

analogous

#CE8A4C #CECB4C #90CE4C

triadic

#CECB4C #4CCECB #CB4CCE

tetradic

#CECB4C #4CCE8A #4C4FCE #CE4C90

square

#CECB4C #4CCE8A #4C4FCE #CE4C90

split-complementary

#CECB4C #4C90CE #8A4CCE

monochromatic

#7D7B22 #ADAA2F #CECB4C #DBD97C #E8E7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CECB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB4C

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB4C	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)

#DBC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.147 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da84',
    500: '#cecb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb4c;
$custom-light: #e0da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.821,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB4C

secondary

#393B85

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB4C

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

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