#CEC759#CEC759

#CEC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.132 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC759
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -11.60, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 56.04, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0355 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.132 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6817, 54.6914, 17.4941)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC759 #5960CE

analogous

#CE8C59 #CEC759 #9BCE59

triadic

#CEC759 #59CEC7 #C759CE

tetradic

#CEC759 #59CE8C #5960CE #CE599B

square

#CEC759 #59CE8C #5960CE #CE599B

split-complementary

#CEC759 #599BCE #8C59CE

monochromatic

#858027 #B5AD35 #CEC759 #DCD788 #EAE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CEC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC759

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC759	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.132 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cec759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec759;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81378,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC759

secondary

#3F448C

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC759

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

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