#CECE52#CECE52

#CECE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.145 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE52
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -15.62, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 61.90, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0476 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.145 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0494, 57.8750, 16.5682)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE52 #5252CE

analogous

#CE9052 #CECE52 #90CE52

triadic

#CECE52 #52CECE #CE52CE

tetradic

#CECE52 #52CE90 #5252CE #CE5290

square

#CECE52 #52CE90 #5252CE #CE5290

split-complementary

#CECE52 #5290CE #9052CE

monochromatic

#818125 #B1B132 #CECE52 #DCDC82 #E9E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CECE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE52

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE52	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.145 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc88',
    500: '#cece52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece52;
$custom-light: #e0dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82796,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE52

secondary

#3C3C88

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE52

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

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