#CECB4F#CECB4F

#CECB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB4F
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -14.32, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 61.95, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0443 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2224, 56.3996, 15.7417)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB4F #4F52CE

analogous

#CE8B4F #CECB4F #91CE4F

triadic

#CECB4F #4FCECB #CB4FCE

tetradic

#CECB4F #4FCE8B #4F52CE #CE4F91

square

#CECB4F #4FCE8B #4F52CE #CE4F91

split-complementary

#CECB4F #4F91CE #8B4FCE

monochromatic

#7F7D23 #AFAC31 #CECB4F #DBD97F #E9E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CECB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB4F

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB4F	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da86',
    500: '#cecb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb4f;
$custom-light: #e0da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82127,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB4F

secondary

#3A3C87

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB4F

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

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