#CECC40#CECC40

#CECC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.156 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC40
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -15.69, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 68.20, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0497 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.156 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9736, 56.6792, 13.2626)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC40 #4042CE

analogous

#CE8540 #CECC40 #89CE40

triadic

#CECC40 #40CECC #CC40CE

tetradic

#CECC40 #40CE85 #4042CE #CE4089

square

#CECC40 #40CE85 #4042CE #CE4089

split-complementary

#CECC40 #4089CE #8540CE

monochromatic

#75741E #A6A42B #CECC40 #DAD971 #E7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CECC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC40

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC40	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.156 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db7d',
    500: '#cecc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc40;
$custom-light: #e0db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82218,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC40

secondary

#34357E

accent

#48E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC40

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

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