#CECE59#CECE59

#CECE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE59
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -15.13, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 58.90, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0455 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3295, 57.9870, 18.0433)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE59 #5959CE

analogous

#CE9359 #CECE59 #93CE59

triadic

#CECE59 #59CECE #CE59CE

tetradic

#CECE59 #59CE93 #5959CE #CE5993

square

#CECE59 #59CE93 #5959CE #CE5993

split-complementary

#CECE59 #5993CE #9359CE

monochromatic

#858527 #B5B535 #CECE59 #DCDC88 #EAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CECE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE59

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE59	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8c',
    500: '#cece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece59;
$custom-light: #dfdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82866,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE59

secondary

#3F3F8C

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE59

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

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