#CECA42#CECA42

#CECA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; 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	#CECA42
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -14.58, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 66.72, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0464 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5592, 55.7578, 13.4103)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA42 #4246CE

analogous

#CE8442 #CECA42 #8CCE42

triadic

#CECA42 #42CECA #CA42CE

tetradic

#CECA42 #42CE84 #4246CE #CE428C

square

#CECA42 #42CE84 #4246CE #CE428C

split-complementary

#CECA42 #428CCE #8442CE

monochromatic

#77741F #A7A42B #CECA42 #DBD873 #E7E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CECA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CECA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA42

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA42	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)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#ceca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca42;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81805,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA42

secondary

#35377F

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA42

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

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