#CECD52#CECD52

#CECD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD52
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -15.12, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 61.50, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0462 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.144 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8094, 57.3950, 16.4882)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD52 #5253CE

analogous

#CE8F52 #CECD52 #91CE52

triadic

#CECD52 #52CECD #CD52CE

tetradic

#CECD52 #52CE8F #5253CE #CE5291

square

#CECD52 #52CE8F #5253CE #CE5291

split-complementary

#CECD52 #5291CE #8F52CE

monochromatic

#818025 #B1B032 #CECD52 #DCDB82 #E9E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CECD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD52

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD52	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc88',
    500: '#cecd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd52;
$custom-light: #e0dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82582,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD52

secondary

#3C3C88

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD52

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

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