#CECD72#CECD72

#CECD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.114 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD72
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -12.48, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 46.90, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0354 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.114 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3232, 58.0005, 24.4606)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD72 #7273CE

analogous

#CE9F72 #CECD72 #A1CE72

triadic

#CECD72 #72CECD #CD72CE

tetradic

#CECD72 #72CE9F #7273CE #CE72A1

square

#CECD72 #72CE9F #7273CE #CE72A1

split-complementary

#CECD72 #72A1CE #9F72CE

monochromatic

#939233 #BEBD45 #CECD72 #DEDD9F #EEEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CECD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD72

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD72	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.114 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9c',
    500: '#cecd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd72;
$custom-light: #dedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82961,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD72

secondary

#4B4C99

accent

#2BBC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD72

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

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