#CEC059#CEC059

#CEC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC059
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -8.02, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 53.33, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0252 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1080, 51.5441, 16.9695)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC059 #5967CE

analogous

#CE8659 #CEC059 #A1CE59

triadic

#CEC059 #59CEC0 #C059CE

tetradic

#CEC059 #59CE86 #5967CE #CE59A1

square

#CEC059 #59CE86 #5967CE #CE59A1

split-complementary

#CEC059 #59A1CE #8659CE

monochromatic

#857A27 #B5A535 #CEC059 #DCD288 #EAE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CEC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC059

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC059	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28b',
    500: '#cec059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec059;
$custom-light: #dfd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79903,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC059

secondary

#3F488C

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC059

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

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