#CECD56#CECD56

#CECD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; 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	#CECD56
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -14.85, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 59.79, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.045 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9661, 57.4577, 17.3134)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD56 #5657CE

analogous

#CE9156 #CECD56 #93CE56

triadic

#CECD56 #56CECD #CD56CE

tetradic

#CECD56 #56CE91 #5657CE #CE5693

square

#CECD56 #56CE91 #5657CE #CE5693

split-complementary

#CECD56 #5693CE #9156CE

monochromatic

#838326 #B3B234 #CECD56 #DCDB85 #EAE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CECD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD56

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD56	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc8a',
    500: '#cecd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd56;
$custom-light: #e0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82622,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD56

secondary

#3E3E8B

accent

#4BDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD56

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

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