#CEC459#CEC459

#CEC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC459
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -10.08, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 54.86, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0311 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.9982, 53.3245, 17.2663)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC459 #5963CE

analogous

#CE8959 #CEC459 #9DCE59

triadic

#CEC459 #59CEC4 #C459CE

tetradic

#CEC459 #59CE89 #5963CE #CE599D

square

#CEC459 #59CE89 #5963CE #CE599D

split-complementary

#CEC459 #599DCE #8959CE

monochromatic

#857D27 #B5AA35 #CEC459 #DCD588 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CEC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC459

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC459	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58b',
    500: '#cec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec459;
$custom-light: #dfd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80744,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.53323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC459

secondary

#3F468C

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC459

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

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