#CECA59#CECA59

#CECA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.135 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA59
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -13.12, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 57.25, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0398 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.135 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3787, 56.0856, 17.7264)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA59 #595DCE

analogous

#CE9059 #CECA59 #97CE59

triadic

#CECA59 #59CECA #CA59CE

tetradic

#CECA59 #59CE90 #595DCE #CE5997

square

#CECA59 #59CE90 #595DCE #CE5997

split-complementary

#CECA59 #5997CE #9059CE

monochromatic

#858227 #B5B035 #CECA59 #DCD988 #EAE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CECA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA59

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA59	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.135 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98c',
    500: '#ceca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca59;
$custom-light: #dfd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82014,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA59

secondary

#3F428C

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA59

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

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