#CECC45#CECC45

#CECC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC45
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -15.42, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 66.34, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0484 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.153 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1223, 56.7387, 14.0458)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC45 #4547CE

analogous

#CE8845 #CECC45 #8CCE45

triadic

#CECC45 #45CECC #CC45CE

tetradic

#CECC45 #45CE88 #4547CE #CE458C

square

#CECC45 #45CE88 #4547CE #CE458C

split-complementary

#CECC45 #458CCE #8845CE

monochromatic

#797720 #A9A72D #CECC45 #DBD975 #E8E7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CECC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC45

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC45	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db80',
    500: '#cecc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc45;
$custom-light: #e0db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82256,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC45

secondary

#363781

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC45

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

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