#CECC4F#CECC4F

#CECC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC4F
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -14.82, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 62.35, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0457 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.145 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4593, 56.8735, 15.8206)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC4F #4F51CE

analogous

#CE8C4F #CECC4F #90CE4F

triadic

#CECC4F #4FCECC #CC4FCE

tetradic

#CECC4F #4FCE8C #4F51CE #CE4F90

square

#CECC4F #4FCE8C #4F51CE #CE4F90

split-complementary

#CECC4F #4F90CE #8C4FCE

monochromatic

#7F7E23 #AFAD31 #CECC4F #DBDA7F #E9E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CECC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC4F

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC4F	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)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db86',
    500: '#cecc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc4f;
$custom-light: #e0db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82341,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC4F

secondary

#3A3C87

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC4F

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

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