#CEC859#CEC859

#CEC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC859
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -12.11, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 56.44, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0369 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.133 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9125, 55.1531, 17.5710)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC859 #595FCE

analogous

#CE8D59 #CEC859 #99CE59

triadic

#CEC859 #59CEC8 #C859CE

tetradic

#CEC859 #59CE8D #595FCE #CE5999

square

#CEC859 #59CE8D #595FCE #CE5999

split-complementary

#CEC859 #5999CE #8D59CE

monochromatic

#858027 #B5AE35 #CEC859 #DCD888 #EAE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CEC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC859

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC859	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88c',
    500: '#cec859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec859;
$custom-light: #dfd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8159,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC859

secondary

#3F438C

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC859

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

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