#CEC451#CEC451

#CEC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC451
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -10.65, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 58.40, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0336 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6804, 53.1974, 15.5922)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC451 #515BCE

analogous

#CE8651 #CEC451 #9ACE51

triadic

#CEC451 #51CEC4 #C451CE

tetradic

#CEC451 #51CE86 #515BCE #CE519A

square

#CEC451 #51CE86 #515BCE #CE519A

split-complementary

#CEC451 #519ACE #8651CE

monochromatic

#807924 #B0A632 #CEC451 #DBD481 #E9E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CEC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC451

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC451	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d586',
    500: '#cec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec451;
$custom-light: #e0d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8066,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC451

secondary

#3B4188

accent

#55DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC451

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

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