#CECC3B#CECC3B

#CECC3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.159 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC3B
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -15.93, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 69.98, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0508 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.159 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8376, 56.6248, 12.5466)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC3B #3B3DCE

analogous

#CE833B #CECC3B #86CE3B

triadic

#CECC3B #3BCECC #CC3BCE

tetradic

#CECC3B #3BCE83 #3B3DCE #CE3B86

square

#CECC3B #3BCE83 #3B3DCE #CE3B86

split-complementary

#CECC3B #3B86CE #833BCE

monochromatic

#72711D #A3A129 #CECC3B #DAD96C #E6E59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CECC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC3B

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC3B	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)

#DDC420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.159 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1db7b',
    500: '#cecc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc3b;
$custom-light: #e1db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82184,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC3B

secondary

#32337B

accent

#47E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC3B

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

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