#CECC3C#CECC3C

#CECC3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.158 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC3C
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -15.89, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 69.63, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0506 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.158 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8638, 56.6353, 12.6845)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC3C #3C3ECE

analogous

#CE833C #CECC3C #87CE3C

triadic

#CECC3C #3CCECC #CC3CCE

tetradic

#CECC3C #3CCE83 #3C3ECE #CE3C87

square

#CECC3C #3CCE83 #3C3ECE #CE3C87

split-complementary

#CECC3C #3C87CE #833CCE

monochromatic

#73721D #A4A229 #CECC3C #DAD96D #E7E69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CECC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC3C

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC3C	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.158 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1db7b',
    500: '#cecc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc3c;
$custom-light: #e1db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82191,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC3C

secondary

#33347C

accent

#47E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC3C

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

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