#CECB53#CECB53

#CECB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB53
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -14.05, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 60.27, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0431 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.141 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3724, 56.4596, 16.5316)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB53 #5356CE

analogous

#CE8E53 #CECB53 #93CE53

triadic

#CECB53 #53CECB #CB53CE

tetradic

#CECB53 #53CE8E #5356CE #CE5393

square

#CECB53 #53CE8E #5356CE #CE5393

split-complementary

#CECB53 #5393CE #8E53CE

monochromatic

#827F25 #B1AE33 #CECB53 #DCD983 #E9E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CECB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB53

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB53	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)

#DBC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da88',
    500: '#cecb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb53;
$custom-light: #e0da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82165,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB53

secondary

#3C3E89

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB53

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

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