#CECC53#CECC53

#CECC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC53
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -14.56, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 60.67, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0445 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.142 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6093, 56.9335, 16.6106)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC53 #5355CE

analogous

#CE8F53 #CECC53 #93CE53

triadic

#CECC53 #53CECC #CC53CE

tetradic

#CECC53 #53CE8F #5355CE #CE5393

square

#CECC53 #53CE8F #5355CE #CE5393

split-complementary

#CECC53 #5393CE #8F53CE

monochromatic

#828025 #B1AF33 #CECC53 #DCDA83 #E9E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CECC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC53

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC53	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db88',
    500: '#cecc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc53;
$custom-light: #e0db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82379,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC53

secondary

#3C3D89

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC53

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

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