#CECD5B#CECD5B

#CECD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.136 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD5B
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -14.48, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 57.60, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0434 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.136 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1746, 57.5411, 18.4117)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD5B #5B5CCE

analogous

#CE935B #CECD5B #95CE5B

triadic

#CECD5B #5BCECD #CD5BCE

tetradic

#CECD5B #5BCE93 #5B5CCE #CE5B95

square

#CECD5B #5BCE93 #5B5CCE #CE5B95

split-complementary

#CECD5B #5B95CE #935BCE

monochromatic

#868628 #B6B436 #CECD5B #DCDB8A #EAEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CECD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD5B

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD5B	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.136 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8d',
    500: '#cecd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd5b;
$custom-light: #dfdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82674,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD5B

secondary

#40408D

accent

#4CDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD5B

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

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