#CECE56#CECE56

#CECE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE56
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -15.35, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 60.20, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0464 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2060, 57.9376, 17.3933)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE56 #5656CE

analogous

#CE9256 #CECE56 #92CE56

triadic

#CECE56 #56CECE #CE56CE

tetradic

#CECE56 #56CE92 #5656CE #CE5692

square

#CECE56 #56CE92 #5656CE #CE5692

split-complementary

#CECE56 #5692CE #9256CE

monochromatic

#838326 #B3B334 #CECE56 #DCDC85 #EAEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CECE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE56

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE56	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc8a',
    500: '#cece56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece56;
$custom-light: #e0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE56

secondary

#3E3E8B

accent

#49DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE56

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

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