#CEC161#CEC161

#CEC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC161
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -7.90, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 50.00, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.024 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6827, 52.1265, 18.9093)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC161 #616ECE

analogous

#CE8B61 #CEC161 #A5CE61

triadic

#CEC161 #61CEC1 #C161CE

tetradic

#CEC161 #61CE8B #616ECE #CE61A5

square

#CEC161 #61CE8B #616ECE #CE61A5

split-complementary

#CEC161 #61A5CE #8B61CE

monochromatic

#8A7F2B #B9A939 #CEC161 #DCD390 #EBE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CEC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC161

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC161	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd390',
    500: '#cec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec161;
$custom-light: #dfd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80207,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC161

secondary

#434C91

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC161

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

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