#CEC559#CEC559

#CEC559 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.130 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC559
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -10.59, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 55.25, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0326 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.13 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2245, 53.7772, 17.3417)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC559 #5962CE

analogous

#CE8B59 #CEC559 #9CCE59

triadic

#CEC559 #59CEC5 #C559CE

tetradic

#CEC559 #59CE8B #5962CE #CE599C

square

#CEC559 #59CE8B #5962CE #CE599C

split-complementary

#CEC559 #599CCE #8B59CE

monochromatic

#857E27 #B5AB35 #CEC559 #DCD688 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CEC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC559

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC559	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.130 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68b',
    500: '#cec559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec559;
$custom-light: #dfd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80955,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC559

secondary

#3F458C

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC559

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

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