#CECA40#CECA40

#CECA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.154 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA40
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -14.69, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 67.46, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0469 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.154 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5013, 55.7346, 13.1052)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA40 #4044CE

analogous

#CE8340 #CECA40 #8BCE40

triadic

#CECA40 #40CECA #CA40CE

tetradic

#CECA40 #40CE83 #4044CE #CE408B

square

#CECA40 #40CE83 #4044CE #CE408B

split-complementary

#CECA40 #408BCE #8340CE

monochromatic

#75731E #A6A32B #CECA40 #DAD871 #E7E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CECA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CECA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA40

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA40	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.154 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97d',
    500: '#ceca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca40;
$custom-light: #e0d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA40

secondary

#34367E

accent

#4AE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA40

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

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