#CEC659#CEC659

#CEC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC659
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -11.09, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 55.65, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.034 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4524, 54.2328, 17.4176)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC659 #5961CE

analogous

#CE8B59 #CEC659 #9CCE59

triadic

#CEC659 #59CEC6 #C659CE

tetradic

#CEC659 #59CE8B #5961CE #CE599C

square

#CEC659 #59CE8B #5961CE #CE599C

split-complementary

#CEC659 #599CCE #8B59CE

monochromatic

#857F27 #B5AC35 #CEC659 #DCD688 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CEC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC659

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC659	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cec659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec659;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC659

secondary

#3F448C

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC659

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

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