#CECA55#CECA55

#CECA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA55
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -13.41, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 59.01, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0411 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.138 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2153, 56.0202, 16.8657)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA55 #5559CE

analogous

#CE8E55 #CECA55 #95CE55

triadic

#CECA55 #55CECA #CA55CE

tetradic

#CECA55 #55CE8E #5559CE #CE5595

square

#CECA55 #55CE8E #5559CE #CE5595

split-complementary

#CECA55 #5595CE #8E55CE

monochromatic

#838026 #B2AE33 #CECA55 #DCD985 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CECA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA55

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA55	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)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d989',
    500: '#ceca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca55;
$custom-light: #e0d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81972,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA55

secondary

#3D408A

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA55

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

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