#CECE5B#CECE5B

#CECE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE5B
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -14.98, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 58.02, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0449 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4146, 58.0210, 18.4917)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE5B #5B5BCE

analogous

#CE945B #CECE5B #94CE5B

triadic

#CECE5B #5BCECE #CE5BCE

tetradic

#CECE5B #5BCE94 #5B5BCE #CE5B94

square

#CECE5B #5BCE94 #5B5BCE #CE5B94

split-complementary

#CECE5B #5B94CE #945BCE

monochromatic

#868628 #B6B636 #CECE5B #DCDC8A #EAEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CECE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE5B

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE5B	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8d',
    500: '#cece5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece5b;
$custom-light: #dfdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82887,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE5B

secondary

#40408D

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE5B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →