#CECC65#CECC65

#CECC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC65
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -13.17, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 52.64, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0387 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.126 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3967, 57.2484, 20.7574)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC65 #6567CE

analogous

#CE9765 #CECC65 #9CCE65

triadic

#CECC65 #65CECC #CC65CE

tetradic

#CECC65 #65CE97 #6567CE #CE659C

square

#CECC65 #65CE97 #6567CE #CE659C

split-complementary

#CECC65 #659CCE #9765CE

monochromatic

#8C8A2D #BAB83B #CECC65 #DDDB93 #ECEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CECC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC65

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC65	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb94',
    500: '#cecc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc65;
$custom-light: #dfdb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82577,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC65

secondary

#454693

accent

#29BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC65

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

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