#CEC258#CEC258

#CEC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC258
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -9.13, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 54.54, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0285 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5084, 52.4116, 16.8972)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC258 #5864CE

analogous

#CE8758 #CEC258 #9FCE58

triadic

#CEC258 #58CEC2 #C258CE

tetradic

#CEC258 #58CE87 #5864CE #CE589F

square

#CEC258 #58CE87 #5864CE #CE589F

split-complementary

#CEC258 #589FCE #8758CE

monochromatic

#857B27 #B4A735 #CEC258 #DCD387 #EAE5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CEC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC258

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC258	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d48b',
    500: '#cec258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec258;
$custom-light: #e0d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80312,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC258

secondary

#3E468C

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC258

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

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