#CECC59#CECC59

#CECC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC59
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -14.13, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 58.07, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0426 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.137 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8510, 57.0302, 17.8839)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC59 #595BCE

analogous

#CE9159 #CECC59 #96CE59

triadic

#CECC59 #59CECC #CC59CE

tetradic

#CECC59 #59CE91 #595BCE #CE5996

square

#CECC59 #59CE91 #595BCE #CE5996

split-complementary

#CECC59 #5996CE #9159CE

monochromatic

#858427 #B5B235 #CECC59 #DCDB88 #EAE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CECC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC59

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC59	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8c',
    500: '#cecc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc59;
$custom-light: #dfdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC59

secondary

#3F408C

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC59

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

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