#CECA3B#CECA3B

#CECA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.157 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA3B
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -14.93, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 69.25, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.048 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.157 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3653, 55.6802, 12.3892)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA3B #3B3FCE

analogous

#CE803B #CECA3B #89CE3B

triadic

#CECA3B #3BCECA #CA3BCE

tetradic

#CECA3B #3BCE80 #3B3FCE #CE3B89

square

#CECA3B #3BCE80 #3B3FCE #CE3B89

split-complementary

#CECA3B #3B89CE #803BCE

monochromatic

#72701D #A3A029 #CECA3B #DAD76C #E6E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CECA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CECA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA3B

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA3B	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.157 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97b',
    500: '#ceca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca3b;
$custom-light: #e1d97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81756,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA3B

secondary

#32347B

accent

#49E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA3B

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

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