#CECD42#CECD42

#CECD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD42
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -16.08, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 67.84, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0506 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(48.2700, 57.1792, 13.6472)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD42 #4243CE

analogous

#CE8742 #CECD42 #89CE42

triadic

#CECD42 #42CECD #CD42CE

tetradic

#CECD42 #42CE87 #4243CE #CE4289

square

#CECD42 #42CE87 #4243CE #CE4289

split-complementary

#CECD42 #4289CE #8742CE

monochromatic

#77761F #A7A72B #CECD42 #DBDA73 #E7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CECD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD42

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD42	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7f',
    500: '#cecd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd42;
$custom-light: #e0dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82447,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD42

secondary

#35367F

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD42

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

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