#CEC151#CEC151

#CEC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC151
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -9.11, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 57.28, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0293 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0105, 51.8576, 15.3689)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC151 #515ECE

analogous

#CE8351 #CEC151 #9DCE51

triadic

#CEC151 #51CEC1 #C151CE

tetradic

#CEC151 #51CE83 #515ECE #CE519D

square

#CEC151 #51CE83 #515ECE #CE519D

split-complementary

#CEC151 #519DCE #8351CE

monochromatic

#807724 #B0A332 #CEC151 #DBD281 #E9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CEC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC151

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC151	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d386',
    500: '#cec151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec151;
$custom-light: #e0d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC151

secondary

#3B4388

accent

#58DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC151

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

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