#CECC4E#CECC4E

#CECC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.146 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC4E
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -14.89, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 62.76, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.046 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4232, 56.8590, 15.6304)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC4E #4E50CE

analogous

#CE8C4E #CECC4E #90CE4E

triadic

#CECC4E #4ECECC #CC4ECE

tetradic

#CECC4E #4ECE8C #4E50CE #CE4E90

square

#CECC4E #4ECE8C #4E50CE #CE4E90

split-complementary

#CECC4E #4E90CE #8C4ECE

monochromatic

#7F7D23 #AEAD30 #CECC4E #DBDA7E #E9E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CECC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC4E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC4E	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db85',
    500: '#cecc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc4e;
$custom-light: #e0db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82332,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC4E

secondary

#3A3B86

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC4E

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

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