#CECD59#CECD59

#CECD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD59
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -14.63, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 58.49, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0441 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.138 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0895, 57.5071, 17.9633)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD59 #595ACE

analogous

#CE9259 #CECD59 #95CE59

triadic

#CECD59 #59CECD #CD59CE

tetradic

#CECD59 #59CE92 #595ACE #CE5995

square

#CECD59 #59CE92 #595ACE #CE5995

split-complementary

#CECD59 #5995CE #9259CE

monochromatic

#858427 #B5B335 #CECD59 #DCDB88 #EAE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CECD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD59

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD59	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8c',
    500: '#cecd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd59;
$custom-light: #dfdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82653,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD59

secondary

#3F408C

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD59

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

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