#CECB4D#CECB4D

#CECB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.146 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB4D
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -14.45, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 62.78, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0448 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.146 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1507, 56.3710, 15.3640)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB4D #4D50CE

analogous

#CE8B4D #CECB4D #90CE4D

triadic

#CECB4D #4DCECB #CB4DCE

tetradic

#CECB4D #4DCE8B #4D50CE #CE4D90

square

#CECB4D #4DCE8B #4D50CE #CE4D90

split-complementary

#CECB4D #4D90CE #8B4DCE

monochromatic

#7E7C23 #AEAB30 #CECB4D #DBD97D #E8E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CECB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB4D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB4D	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)

#DBC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.146 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da85',
    500: '#cecb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb4d;
$custom-light: #e0da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB4D

secondary

#3A3B86

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB4D

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

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