#CECC52#CECC52

#CECC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC52
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -14.62, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 61.09, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0448 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.143 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5710, 56.9181, 16.4087)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC52 #5254CE

analogous

#CE8E52 #CECC52 #92CE52

triadic

#CECC52 #52CECC #CC52CE

tetradic

#CECC52 #52CE8E #5254CE #CE5292

square

#CECC52 #52CE8E #5254CE #CE5292

split-complementary

#CECC52 #5292CE #8E52CE

monochromatic

#818025 #B1AF32 #CECC52 #DCDA82 #E9E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CECC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC52

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC52	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)

#DCC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db88',
    500: '#cecc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc52;
$custom-light: #e0db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82369,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC52

secondary

#3C3D88

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC52

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

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