#CECB55#CECB55

#CECB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB55
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -13.91, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 59.41, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0425 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.139 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4507, 56.4910, 16.9442)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB55 #5558CE

analogous

#CE8E55 #CECB55 #95CE55

triadic

#CECB55 #55CECB #CB55CE

tetradic

#CECB55 #55CE8E #5558CE #CE5595

square

#CECB55 #55CE8E #5558CE #CE5595

split-complementary

#CECB55 #5595CE #8E55CE

monochromatic

#838126 #B2AF33 #CECB55 #DCDA85 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CECB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB55

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB55	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da89',
    500: '#cecb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb55;
$custom-light: #e0da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82185,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB55

secondary

#3D3F8A

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB55

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

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