#CECD55#CECD55

#CECD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.141 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD55
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -14.92, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 60.22, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0453 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9261, 57.4417, 17.1026)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD55 #5556CE

analogous

#CE9155 #CECD55 #93CE55

triadic

#CECD55 #55CECD #CD55CE

tetradic

#CECD55 #55CE91 #5556CE #CE5593

square

#CECD55 #55CE91 #5556CE #CE5593

split-complementary

#CECD55 #5593CE #9155CE

monochromatic

#838226 #B2B133 #CECD55 #DCDB85 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CECD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD55

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD55	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc89',
    500: '#cecd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd55;
$custom-light: #e0dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82612,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD55

secondary

#3D3E8A

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD55

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

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