#CECA57#CECA57

#CECA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA57
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -13.27, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 58.13, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0404 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.137 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2959, 56.0524, 17.2901)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA57 #575BCE

analogous

#CE8E57 #CECA57 #97CE57

triadic

#CECA57 #57CECA #CA57CE

tetradic

#CECA57 #57CE8E #575BCE #CE5797

square

#CECA57 #57CE8E #575BCE #CE5797

split-complementary

#CECA57 #5797CE #8E57CE

monochromatic

#848127 #B3AF34 #CECA57 #DCD986 #EAE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CECA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA57

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA57	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d98b',
    500: '#ceca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca57;
$custom-light: #e0d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81993,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA57

secondary

#3E418B

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA57

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

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