#CECB52#CECB52

#CECB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB52
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -14.12, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 60.69, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0434 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.142 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3341, 56.4443, 16.3298)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB52 #5255CE

analogous

#CE8D52 #CECB52 #93CE52

triadic

#CECB52 #52CECB #CB52CE

tetradic

#CECB52 #52CE8D #5255CE #CE5293

square

#CECB52 #52CE8D #5255CE #CE5293

split-complementary

#CECB52 #5293CE #8D52CE

monochromatic

#817F25 #B1AE32 #CECB52 #DCD982 #E9E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CECB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB52

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB52	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da88',
    500: '#cecb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb52;
$custom-light: #e0da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82156,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB52

secondary

#3C3E88

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB52

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

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