#CECA41#CECA41

#CECA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA41
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -14.64, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 67.09, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0466 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5300, 55.7461, 13.2564)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA41 #4145CE

analogous

#CE8341 #CECA41 #8BCE41

triadic

#CECA41 #41CECA #CA41CE

tetradic

#CECA41 #41CE83 #4145CE #CE418B

square

#CECA41 #41CE83 #4145CE #CE418B

split-complementary

#CECA41 #418BCE #8341CE

monochromatic

#76741E #A7A32B #CECA41 #DBD872 #E7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CECA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CECA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA41

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA41	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)

#DBC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#ceca41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca41;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA41

secondary

#35377F

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA41

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

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