#CECB56#CECB56

#CECB56 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	#CECB56
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -13.84, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 58.97, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0422 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.139 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4907, 56.5070, 17.1549)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB56 #5659CE

analogous

#CE8F56 #CECB56 #95CE56

triadic

#CECB56 #56CECB #CB56CE

tetradic

#CECB56 #56CE8F #5659CE #CE5695

square

#CECB56 #56CE8F #5659CE #CE5695

split-complementary

#CECB56 #5695CE #8F56CE

monochromatic

#838126 #B3B034 #CECB56 #DCDA85 #EAE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CECB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB56

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB56	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)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da8a',
    500: '#cecb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb56;
$custom-light: #e0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82195,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB56

secondary

#3E3F8B

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB56

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

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