#CECD40#CECD40

#CECD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.157 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD40
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -16.19, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 68.58, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0511 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.157 109)
XYZ	xyz(48.2120, 57.1561, 13.3421)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD40 #4041CE

analogous

#CE8640 #CECD40 #88CE40

triadic

#CECD40 #40CECD #CD40CE

tetradic

#CECD40 #40CE86 #4041CE #CE4088

square

#CECD40 #40CE86 #4041CE #CE4088

split-complementary

#CECD40 #4088CE #8640CE

monochromatic

#75751E #A6A52B #CECD40 #DADA71 #E7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CECD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD40

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD40	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.157 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7d',
    500: '#cecd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd40;
$custom-light: #e0dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD40

secondary

#34357E

accent

#47E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD40

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

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