#CECE3E#CECE3E

#CECE3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.159 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE3E
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -16.79, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 69.67, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0529 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.159 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3961, 57.6137, 13.1277)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE3E #3E3ECE

analogous

#CE863E #CECE3E #86CE3E

triadic

#CECE3E #3ECECE #CE3ECE

tetradic

#CECE3E #3ECE86 #3E3ECE #CE3E86

square

#CECE3E #3ECE86 #3E3ECE #CE3E86

split-complementary

#CECE3E #3E86CE #863ECE

monochromatic

#74741D #A5A52A #CECE3E #DADA6F #E7E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CECE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE3E

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE3E	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)

#DEC525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.159 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1dc7d',
    500: '#cece3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece3e;
$custom-light: #e1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82633,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE3E

secondary

#33337D

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE3E

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

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