#CECC5B#CECC5B

#CECC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC5B
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -13.98, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 57.19, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.042 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9362, 57.0642, 18.3322)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC5B #5B5DCE

analogous

#CE935B #CECC5B #96CE5B

triadic

#CECC5B #5BCECC #CC5BCE

tetradic

#CECC5B #5BCE93 #5B5DCE #CE5B96

square

#CECC5B #5BCE93 #5B5DCE #CE5B96

split-complementary

#CECC5B #5B96CE #935BCE

monochromatic

#868528 #B6B336 #CECC5B #DCDB8A #EAE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CECC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC5B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC5B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8d',
    500: '#cecc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc5b;
$custom-light: #dfdb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82461,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC5B

secondary

#40418D

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC5B

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

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