#CECD3B#CECD3B

#CECD3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.160 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD3B
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -16.43, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 70.34, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0522 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.16 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0761, 57.1017, 12.6261)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD3B #3B3CCE

analogous

#CE843B #CECD3B #86CE3B

triadic

#CECD3B #3BCECD #CD3BCE

tetradic

#CECD3B #3BCE84 #3B3CCE #CE3B86

square

#CECD3B #3BCE84 #3B3CCE #CE3B86

split-complementary

#CECD3B #3B86CE #843BCE

monochromatic

#72711D #A3A229 #CECD3B #DAD96C #E6E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CECD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD3B

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD3B	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.160 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1dc7b',
    500: '#cecd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd3b;
$custom-light: #e1dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82398,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD3B

secondary

#32337B

accent

#46E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD3B

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

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