#CECA49#CECA49

#CECA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA49
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -14.19, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 64.01, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0445 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.148 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7784, 55.8454, 14.5645)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA49 #494DCE

analogous

#CE8749 #CECA49 #90CE49

triadic

#CECA49 #49CECA #CA49CE

tetradic

#CECA49 #49CE87 #494DCE #CE4990

square

#CECA49 #49CE87 #494DCE #CE4990

split-complementary

#CECA49 #4990CE #8749CE

monochromatic

#7B7921 #ACA82E #CECA49 #DBD879 #E8E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CECA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CECA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA49

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA49	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d982',
    500: '#ceca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca49;
$custom-light: #e0d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA49

secondary

#383A83

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA49

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

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