#CECC55#CECC55

#CECC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC55
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -14.42, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 59.81, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0439 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.14 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6876, 56.9648, 17.0232)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC55 #5557CE

analogous

#CE8F55 #CECC55 #94CE55

triadic

#CECC55 #55CECC #CC55CE

tetradic

#CECC55 #55CE8F #5557CE #CE5594

square

#CECC55 #55CE8F #5557CE #CE5594

split-complementary

#CECC55 #5594CE #8F55CE

monochromatic

#838126 #B2B033 #CECC55 #DCDA85 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CECC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC55

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC55	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db89',
    500: '#cecc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc55;
$custom-light: #e0db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82398,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC55

secondary

#3D3E8A

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC55

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

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