#CECC3E#CECC3E

#CECC3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.157 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC3E
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -15.79, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 68.92, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0502 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.157 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9177, 56.6568, 12.9682)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC3E #3E40CE

analogous

#CE843E #CECC3E #88CE3E

triadic

#CECC3E #3ECECC #CC3ECE

tetradic

#CECC3E #3ECE84 #3E40CE #CE3E88

square

#CECC3E #3ECE84 #3E40CE #CE3E88

split-complementary

#CECC3E #3E88CE #843ECE

monochromatic

#74731D #A5A32A #CECC3E #DAD96F #E7E6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CECC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC3E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC3E	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)

#DDC426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.157 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1db7c',
    500: '#cecc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc3e;
$custom-light: #e1db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82204,
    "c": 0.15722,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC3E

secondary

#33347D

accent

#47E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC3E

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

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