#CECB59#CECB59

#CECB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB59
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -13.63, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 57.66, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0412 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.136 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6141, 56.5563, 17.8049)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB59 #595CCE

analogous

#CE9159 #CECB59 #96CE59

triadic

#CECB59 #59CECB #CB59CE

tetradic

#CECB59 #59CE91 #595CCE #CE5996

square

#CECB59 #59CE91 #595CCE #CE5996

split-complementary

#CECB59 #5996CE #9159CE

monochromatic

#858327 #B5B135 #CECB59 #DCDA88 #EAE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CECB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB59

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB59	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8c',
    500: '#cecb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb59;
$custom-light: #dfda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82227,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB59

secondary

#3F418C

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB59

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

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