#CECC50#CECC50

#CECC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC50
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -14.76, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 61.93, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0454 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.144 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4960, 56.8881, 16.0138)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC50 #5052CE

analogous

#CE8D50 #CECC50 #91CE50

triadic

#CECC50 #50CECC #CC50CE

tetradic

#CECC50 #50CE8D #5052CE #CE5091

square

#CECC50 #50CE8D #5052CE #CE5091

split-complementary

#CECC50 #5091CE #8D50CE

monochromatic

#807E24 #B0AE31 #CECC50 #DBDA80 #E9E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CECC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC50

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC50	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db86',
    500: '#cecc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc50;
$custom-light: #e0db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8235,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC50

secondary

#3B3C87

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC50

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

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