#CECA56#CECA56

#CECA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA56
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -13.34, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 58.57, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0407 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2553, 56.0362, 17.0764)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA56 #565ACE

analogous

#CE8E56 #CECA56 #96CE56

triadic

#CECA56 #56CECA #CA56CE

tetradic

#CECA56 #56CE8E #565ACE #CE5696

square

#CECA56 #56CE8E #565ACE #CE5696

split-complementary

#CECA56 #5696CE #8E56CE

monochromatic

#838026 #B3AF34 #CECA56 #DCD985 #EAE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CECA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA56

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA56	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d98a',
    500: '#ceca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca56;
$custom-light: #e0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81983,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA56

secondary

#3E408B

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA56

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

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