#CEC259#CEC259

#CEC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC259
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -9.05, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 54.09, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0282 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5501, 52.4283, 17.1169)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC259 #5965CE

analogous

#CE8759 #CEC259 #A0CE59

triadic

#CEC259 #59CEC2 #C259CE

tetradic

#CEC259 #59CE87 #5965CE #CE59A0

square

#CEC259 #59CE87 #5965CE #CE59A0

split-complementary

#CEC259 #59A0CE #8759CE

monochromatic

#857C27 #B5A735 #CEC259 #DCD388 #EAE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CEC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC259

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC259	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48b',
    500: '#cec259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec259;
$custom-light: #dfd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC259

secondary

#3F478C

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC259

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

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