#CECC5C#CECC5C

#CECC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC5C
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -13.90, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 56.74, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0417 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.134 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9796, 57.0816, 18.5609)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC5C #5C5ECE

analogous

#CE935C #CECC5C #97CE5C

triadic

#CECC5C #5CCECC #CC5CCE

tetradic

#CECC5C #5CCE93 #5C5ECE #CE5C97

square

#CECC5C #5CCE93 #5C5ECE #CE5C97

split-complementary

#CECC5C #5C97CE #935CCE

monochromatic

#878529 #B6B437 #CECC5C #DCDB8B #EAE9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CECC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC5C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC5C	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8e',
    500: '#cecc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc5c;
$custom-light: #dfdb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82472,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC5C

secondary

#40428E

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC5C

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

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