#CECE53#CECE53

#CECE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.144 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE53
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -15.56, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 61.48, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0474 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.144 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0877, 57.8903, 16.7701)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE53 #5353CE

analogous

#CE9153 #CECE53 #91CE53

triadic

#CECE53 #53CECE #CE53CE

tetradic

#CECE53 #53CE91 #5353CE #CE5391

square

#CECE53 #53CE91 #5353CE #CE5391

split-complementary

#CECE53 #5391CE #9153CE

monochromatic

#828225 #B1B133 #CECE53 #DCDC83 #E9E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CECE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE53

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE53	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.144 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc88',
    500: '#cece53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece53;
$custom-light: #e0dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82806,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE53

secondary

#3C3C89

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE53

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

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