#CECF59#CECF59

#CECF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECF59
RGB	rgb(206, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -15.63, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 59.32, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0469 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.14 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5710, 58.4700, 18.1238)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECF59 #5A59CF

analogous

#CF9559 #CECF59 #93CF59

triadic

#CECF59 #59CECF #CF59CE

tetradic

#CECF59 #59CF95 #5A59CF #CF5993

square

#CECF59 #59CF95 #5A59CF #CF5993

split-complementary

#CECF59 #5993CF #9559CF

monochromatic

#868727 #B5B635 #CECF59 #DCDD88 #EAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CECF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECF59

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECF59	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdd8c',
    500: '#cecf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecf59;
$custom-light: #dfdd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83079,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECF59

secondary

#3F3F8E

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECF59

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

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