#CEC251#CEC251

#CEC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC251
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -9.62, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 57.65, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0307 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2323, 52.3012, 15.4428)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC251 #515DCE

analogous

#CE8451 #CEC251 #9CCE51

triadic

#CEC251 #51CEC2 #C251CE

tetradic

#CEC251 #51CE84 #515DCE #CE519C

square

#CEC251 #51CE84 #515DCE #CE519C

split-complementary

#CEC251 #519CCE #8451CE

monochromatic

#807824 #B0A432 #CEC251 #DBD381 #E9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CEC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC251

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC251	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d486',
    500: '#cec251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec251;
$custom-light: #e0d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC251

secondary

#3B4388

accent

#57DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC251

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

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