#CEC359#CEC359

#CEC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC359
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -9.56, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 54.48, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0296 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7734, 52.8749, 17.1913)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC359 #5964CE

analogous

#CE8859 #CEC359 #9ECE59

triadic

#CEC359 #59CEC3 #C359CE

tetradic

#CEC359 #59CE88 #5964CE #CE599E

square

#CEC359 #59CE88 #5964CE #CE599E

split-complementary

#CEC359 #599ECE #8859CE

monochromatic

#857C27 #B5A935 #CEC359 #DCD488 #EAE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CEC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC359

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC359	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48b',
    500: '#cec359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec359;
$custom-light: #dfd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC359

secondary

#3F468C

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC359

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

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