#CECC49#CECC49

#CECC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.150 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC49
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -15.19, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 64.78, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0474 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.15 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2507, 56.7900, 14.7219)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC49 #494BCE

analogous

#CE8A49 #CECC49 #8DCE49

triadic

#CECC49 #49CECC #CC49CE

tetradic

#CECC49 #49CE8A #494BCE #CE498D

square

#CECC49 #49CE8A #494BCE #CE498D

split-complementary

#CECC49 #498DCE #8A49CE

monochromatic

#7B7A21 #ACAA2E #CECC49 #DBDA79 #E8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#CECC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC49

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC49	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.150 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db82',
    500: '#cecc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc49;
$custom-light: #e0db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC49

secondary

#383983

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC49

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

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