#CECC2E#CECC2E

#CECC2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.166 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC2E
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -16.47, 72.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 74.09, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0534 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.166 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5415, 56.5063, 10.9868)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC2E #2E30CE

analogous

#CE7C2E #CECC2E #80CE2E

triadic

#CECC2E #2ECECC #CC2ECE

tetradic

#CECC2E #2ECE7C #2E30CE #CE2E80

square

#CECC2E #2ECE7C #2E30CE #CE2E80

split-complementary

#CECC2E #2E80CE #7C2ECE

monochromatic

#6A6918 #9C9A23 #CECC2E #DBDA5E #E6E590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CECC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC2E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC2E	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)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.166 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1db75',
    500: '#cecc2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc2e;
$custom-light: #e1db75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC2E

secondary

#2D2D74

accent

#43E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC2E

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

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