#CECC69#CECC69

#CECC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.122 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC69
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 49%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -12.82, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 50.76, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0372 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.122 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5974, 57.3287, 21.8147)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC69 #696BCE

analogous

#CE9969 #CECC69 #9DCE69

triadic

#CECC69 #69CECC #CC69CE

tetradic

#CECC69 #69CE99 #696BCE #CE699D

square

#CECC69 #69CE99 #696BCE #CE699D

split-complementary

#CECC69 #699DCE #9969CE

monochromatic

#8E8C2E #BCBA3E #CECC69 #DDDC97 #ECEBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CECC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC69

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC69	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.122 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb96',
    500: '#cecc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc69;
$custom-light: #dfdb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82627,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC69

secondary

#474895

accent

#2ABE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC69

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

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