#CECC78#CECC78

#CECC78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.106 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC78
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 41.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -11.37, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 43.52, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0317 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.106 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4375, 57.6648, 26.2391)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC78 #787ACE

analogous

#CEA178 #CECC78 #A5CE78

triadic

#CECC78 #78CECC #CC78CE

tetradic

#CECC78 #78CEA1 #787ACE #CE78A5

square

#CECC78 #78CEA1 #787ACE #CE78A5

split-complementary

#CECC78 #78A5CE #A178CE

monochromatic

#959336 #BEBB4B #CECC78 #DEDDA5 #EFEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CECC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC78

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC78	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.106 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedba0',
    500: '#cecc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc78;
$custom-light: #dedba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82837,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC78

secondary

#4F519B

accent

#2FBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC78

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

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