#CECA53#CECA53

#CECA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA53
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -13.55, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 59.87, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0417 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.14 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1370, 55.9889, 16.4532)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA53 #5357CE

analogous

#CE8D53 #CECA53 #95CE53

triadic

#CECA53 #53CECA #CA53CE

tetradic

#CECA53 #53CE8D #5357CE #CE5395

square

#CECA53 #53CE8D #5357CE #CE5395

split-complementary

#CECA53 #5395CE #8D53CE

monochromatic

#827F25 #B1AD33 #CECA53 #DCD983 #E9E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CECA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA53

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA53	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d988',
    500: '#ceca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca53;
$custom-light: #e0d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81952,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA53

secondary

#3C3F89

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA53

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

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