#CECC72#CECC72

#CECC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.113 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC72
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -11.98, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 46.45, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.034 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.113 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0847, 57.5236, 24.3811)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC72 #7274CE

analogous

#CE9E72 #CECC72 #A2CE72

triadic

#CECC72 #72CECC #CC72CE

tetradic

#CECC72 #72CE9E #7274CE #CE72A2

square

#CECC72 #72CE9E #7274CE #CE72A2

split-complementary

#CECC72 #72A2CE #9E72CE

monochromatic

#939133 #BEBC45 #CECC72 #DEDC9F #EEEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CECC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC72

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC72	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.113 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb9c',
    500: '#cecc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc72;
$custom-light: #dedb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82749,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC72

secondary

#4B4D99

accent

#2DBC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC72

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

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