#CECC5E#CECC5E

#CECC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.133 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC5E
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -13.75, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 55.84, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.041 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.133 108)
XYZ	xyz(49.0682, 57.1170, 19.0274)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC5E #5E60CE

analogous

#CE945E #CECC5E #98CE5E

triadic

#CECC5E #5ECECC #CC5ECE

tetradic

#CECC5E #5ECE94 #5E60CE #CE5E98

square

#CECC5E #5ECE94 #5E60CE #CE5E98

split-complementary

#CECC5E #5E98CE #945ECE

monochromatic

#888629 #B7B538 #CECC5E #DCDB8D #EBEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CECC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC5E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC5E	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)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.133 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8f',
    500: '#cecc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc5e;
$custom-light: #dfdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82494,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.57116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC5E

secondary

#41438F

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC5E

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

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