#CECC73#CECC73

#CECC73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.112 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC73
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 44.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -11.88, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 45.97, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0336 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.112 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1419, 57.5465, 24.6826)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC73 #7375CE

analogous

#CE9E73 #CECC73 #A3CE73

triadic

#CECC73 #73CECC #CC73CE

tetradic

#CECC73 #73CE9E #7375CE #CE73A3

square

#CECC73 #73CE9E #7375CE #CE73A3

split-complementary

#CECC73 #73A3CE #9E73CE

monochromatic

#939133 #BEBB46 #CECC73 #DEDDA0 #EEEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CECC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC73

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC73	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.112 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb9d',
    500: '#cecc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc73;
$custom-light: #dedb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82763,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC73

secondary

#4C4E99

accent

#2DBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC73

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

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