#CECE72#CECE72

#CECE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.115 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE72
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -12.99, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 47.35, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0369 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.115 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5631, 58.4805, 24.5406)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE72 #7272CE

analogous

#CEA072 #CECE72 #A0CE72

triadic

#CECE72 #72CECE #CE72CE

tetradic

#CECE72 #72CEA0 #7272CE #CE72A0

square

#CECE72 #72CEA0 #7272CE #CE72A0

split-complementary

#CECE72 #72A0CE #A072CE

monochromatic

#939333 #BEBE45 #CECE72 #DEDE9F #EEEECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CECE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE72

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE72	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.115 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9c',
    500: '#cece72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece72;
$custom-light: #dedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83172,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE72

secondary

#4B4B99

accent

#2ABC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE72

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

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