#CECC79#CECC79

#CECC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.105 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC79
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -11.27, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 43.03, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0313 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.105 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4985, 57.6892, 26.5604)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC79 #797BCE

analogous

#CEA279 #CECC79 #A6CE79

triadic

#CECC79 #79CECC #CC79CE

tetradic

#CECC79 #79CEA2 #797BCE #CE79A6

square

#CECC79 #79CEA2 #797BCE #CE79A6

split-complementary

#CECC79 #79A6CE #A279CE

monochromatic

#969437 #BEBB4C #CECC79 #DEDDA6 #EFEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CECC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC79

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC79	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.105 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedba1',
    500: '#cecc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc79;
$custom-light: #dedba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82853,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC79

secondary

#4F519C

accent

#2FBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC79

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

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