#CECC5F#CECC5F

#CECC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC5F
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -13.67, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 55.39, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0407 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.132 108)
XYZ	xyz(49.1133, 57.1351, 19.2653)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC5F #5F61CE

analogous

#CE955F #CECC5F #99CE5F

triadic

#CECC5F #5FCECC #CC5FCE

tetradic

#CECC5F #5FCE95 #5F61CE #CE5F99

square

#CECC5F #5FCE95 #5F61CE #CE5F99

split-complementary

#CECC5F #5F99CE #955FCE

monochromatic

#89872A #B8B538 #CECC5F #DCDB8E #EBEABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CECC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC5F

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC5F	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb90',
    500: '#cecc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc5f;
$custom-light: #dfdb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82505,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.57134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC5F

secondary

#42438F

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC5F

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

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