#CECB5B#CECB5B

#CECB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB5B
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -13.48, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 56.77, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0406 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.134 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6993, 56.5904, 18.2532)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB5B #5B5ECE

analogous

#CE915B #CECB5B #97CE5B

triadic

#CECB5B #5BCECB #CB5BCE

tetradic

#CECB5B #5BCE91 #5B5ECE #CE5B97

square

#CECB5B #5BCE91 #5B5ECE #CE5B97

split-complementary

#CECB5B #5B97CE #915BCE

monochromatic

#868428 #B6B236 #CECB5B #DCDA8A #EAE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CECB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB5B

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB5B	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8d',
    500: '#cecb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb5b;
$custom-light: #dfda8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB5B

secondary

#40428D

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB5B

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

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