#CECA52#CECA52

#CECA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA52
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -13.62, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 60.29, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.042 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.141 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0987, 55.9735, 16.2513)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA52 #5256CE

analogous

#CE8C52 #CECA52 #94CE52

triadic

#CECA52 #52CECA #CA52CE

tetradic

#CECA52 #52CE8C #5256CE #CE5294

square

#CECA52 #52CE8C #5256CE #CE5294

split-complementary

#CECA52 #5294CE #8C52CE

monochromatic

#817E25 #B1AD32 #CECA52 #DCD982 #E9E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CECA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA52

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA52	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d987',
    500: '#ceca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca52;
$custom-light: #e0d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA52

secondary

#3C3E88

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA52

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

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