#CECE55#CECE55

#CECE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE55
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -15.42, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 60.63, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0467 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1660, 57.9216, 17.1826)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE55 #5555CE

analogous

#CE9255 #CECE55 #92CE55

triadic

#CECE55 #55CECE #CE55CE

tetradic

#CECE55 #55CE92 #5555CE #CE5592

square

#CECE55 #55CE92 #5555CE #CE5592

split-complementary

#CECE55 #5592CE #9255CE

monochromatic

#838326 #B2B233 #CECE55 #DCDC85 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE55

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE55	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)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc8a',
    500: '#cece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece55;
$custom-light: #e0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82825,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE55

secondary

#3D3D8A

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE55

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

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