#CECD65#CECD65

#CECD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD65
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -13.68, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 53.07, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0401 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.127 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6351, 57.7253, 20.8368)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD65 #6566CE

analogous

#CE9965 #CECD65 #9ACE65

triadic

#CECD65 #65CECD #CD65CE

tetradic

#CECD65 #65CE99 #6566CE #CE659A

square

#CECD65 #65CE99 #6566CE #CE659A

split-complementary

#CECD65 #659ACE #9965CE

monochromatic

#8C8B2D #BAB93B #CECD65 #DDDC93 #ECEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CECD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD65

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD65	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc94',
    500: '#cecd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd65;
$custom-light: #dfdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82789,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD65

secondary

#454593

accent

#28BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD65

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

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