#CECD57#CECD57

#CECD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD57
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -14.78, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 59.36, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0447 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0066, 57.4739, 17.5270)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD57 #5758CE

analogous

#CE9257 #CECD57 #93CE57

triadic

#CECD57 #57CECD #CD57CE

tetradic

#CECD57 #57CE92 #5758CE #CE5793

square

#CECD57 #57CE92 #5758CE #CE5793

split-complementary

#CECD57 #5793CE #9257CE

monochromatic

#848327 #B3B234 #CECD57 #DCDB86 #EAE9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD57

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc8b',
    500: '#cecd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd57;
$custom-light: #e0dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82632,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD57

secondary

#3E3F8B

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD57

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

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