#CECE42#CECE42

#CECE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.157 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE42
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -16.58, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 68.22, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.052 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.157 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5099, 57.6592, 13.7272)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE42 #4242CE

analogous

#CE8842 #CECE42 #88CE42

triadic

#CECE42 #42CECE #CE42CE

tetradic

#CECE42 #42CE88 #4242CE #CE4288

square

#CECE42 #42CE88 #4242CE #CE4288

split-complementary

#CECE42 #4288CE #8842CE

monochromatic

#77771F #A7A72B #CECE42 #DBDB73 #E7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CECE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE42

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE42	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.157 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7f',
    500: '#cece42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece42;
$custom-light: #e0dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE42

secondary

#35357F

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE42

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

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