#CECC42#CECC42

#CECC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.155 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC42
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -15.59, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 67.47, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0492 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.155 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0315, 56.7024, 13.5677)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC42 #4244CE

analogous

#CE8642 #CECC42 #8ACE42

triadic

#CECC42 #42CECC #CC42CE

tetradic

#CECC42 #42CE86 #4244CE #CE428A

square

#CECC42 #42CE86 #4244CE #CE428A

split-complementary

#CECC42 #428ACE #8642CE

monochromatic

#77761F #A7A62B #CECC42 #DBD973 #E7E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CECC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC42

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.155 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db7e',
    500: '#cecc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc42;
$custom-light: #e0db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82233,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC42

secondary

#35367F

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC42

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

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