#CECC46#CECC46

#CECC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.152 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC46
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -15.37, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 65.95, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0482 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.152 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1536, 56.7512, 14.2107)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC46 #4648CE

analogous

#CE8846 #CECC46 #8CCE46

triadic

#CECC46 #46CECC #CC46CE

tetradic

#CECC46 #46CE88 #4648CE #CE468C

square

#CECC46 #46CE88 #4648CE #CE468C

split-complementary

#CECC46 #468CCE #8846CE

monochromatic

#797820 #AAA82D #CECC46 #DBD976 #E8E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CECC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC46

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC46	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)

#DCC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.152 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db81',
    500: '#cecc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc46;
$custom-light: #e0db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82264,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC46

secondary

#373882

accent

#49E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC46

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

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