#CECE57#CECE57

#CECE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE57
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -15.28, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 59.77, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0461 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2466, 57.9539, 17.6070)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE57 #5757CE

analogous

#CE9357 #CECE57 #93CE57

triadic

#CECE57 #57CECE #CE57CE

tetradic

#CECE57 #57CE93 #5757CE #CE5793

square

#CECE57 #57CE93 #5757CE #CE5793

split-complementary

#CECE57 #5793CE #9357CE

monochromatic

#848427 #B3B334 #CECE57 #DCDC86 #EAEAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE57

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc8b',
    500: '#cece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece57;
$custom-light: #e0dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82845,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE57

secondary

#3E3E8B

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE57

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

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