#CECD79#CECD79

#CECD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.107 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD79
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -11.77, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 43.48, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0328 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.107 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7369, 58.1660, 26.6399)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD79 #797ACE

analogous

#CEA379 #CECD79 #A5CE79

triadic

#CECD79 #79CECD #CD79CE

tetradic

#CECD79 #79CEA3 #797ACE #CE79A5

square

#CECD79 #79CEA3 #797ACE #CE79A5

split-complementary

#CECD79 #79A5CE #A379CE

monochromatic

#969537 #BEBC4C #CECD79 #DEDEA6 #EFEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CECD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#CECD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD79

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD79	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.107 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedca1',
    500: '#cecd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd79;
$custom-light: #dedca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83064,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD79

secondary

#4F509C

accent

#2DBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD79

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

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