#CEC159#CEC159

#CEC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC159
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -8.54, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 53.71, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0267 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.126 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3283, 51.9847, 17.0429)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC159 #5966CE

analogous

#CE8659 #CEC159 #A1CE59

triadic

#CEC159 #59CEC1 #C159CE

tetradic

#CEC159 #59CE86 #5966CE #CE59A1

square

#CEC159 #59CE86 #5966CE #CE59A1

split-complementary

#CEC159 #59A1CE #8659CE

monochromatic

#857B27 #B5A635 #CEC159 #DCD388 #EAE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CEC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC159

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC159	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38b',
    500: '#cec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec159;
$custom-light: #dfd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80113,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC159

secondary

#3F478C

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC159

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

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