#CECE3B#CECE3B

#CECE3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.161 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE3B
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -16.93, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 70.71, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0536 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.161 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3161, 57.5816, 12.7061)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE3B #3B3BCE

analogous

#CE853B #CECE3B #85CE3B

triadic

#CECE3B #3BCECE #CE3BCE

tetradic

#CECE3B #3BCE85 #3B3BCE #CE3B85

square

#CECE3B #3BCE85 #3B3BCE #CE3B85

split-complementary

#CECE3B #3B85CE #853BCE

monochromatic

#72721D #A3A329 #CECE3B #DADA6C #E6E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CECE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE3B

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE3B	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.161 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1dc7b',
    500: '#cece3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece3b;
$custom-light: #e1dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82613,
    "c": 0.16098,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE3B

secondary

#32327B

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE3B

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

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