#CECF79#CECF79

#CECF79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.109 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECF79
RGB	rgb(206, 207, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 41.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -12.79, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 44.41, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0357 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.109 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2184, 59.1290, 26.8004)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECF79 #7A79CF

analogous

#CFA579 #CECF79 #A3CF79

triadic

#CECF79 #79CECF #CF79CE

tetradic

#CECF79 #79CFA5 #7A79CF #CF79A3

square

#CECF79 #79CFA5 #7A79CF #CF79A3

split-complementary

#CECF79 #79A3CF #A579CF

monochromatic

#969736 #BEBF4C #CECF79 #DEDFA6 #EFEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CECF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECF79

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECF79	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 207, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.109 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedda1',
    500: '#cecf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecf79;
$custom-light: #dedda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.698,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83486,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECF79

secondary

#504F9D

accent

#2BBB2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECF79

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

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