#CECD49#CECD49

#CECD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.151 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD49
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -15.69, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 65.17, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0488 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.151 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4891, 57.2669, 14.8014)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD49 #494ACE

analogous

#CE8B49 #CECD49 #8DCE49

triadic

#CECD49 #49CECD #CD49CE

tetradic

#CECD49 #49CE8B #494ACE #CE498D

square

#CECD49 #49CE8B #494ACE #CE498D

split-complementary

#CECD49 #498DCE #8B49CE

monochromatic

#7B7B21 #ACAB2E #CECD49 #DBDA79 #E8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CECD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD49

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD49	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.151 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc82',
    500: '#cecd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd49;
$custom-light: #e0dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82502,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD49

secondary

#383883

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD49

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

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