#CEC461#CEC461

#CEC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.122 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC461
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -9.44, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 51.18, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0284 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.122 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3526, 53.4663, 19.1326)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC461 #616BCE

analogous

#CE8D61 #CEC461 #A2CE61

triadic

#CEC461 #61CEC4 #C461CE

tetradic

#CEC461 #61CE8D #616BCE #CE61A2

square

#CEC461 #61CE8D #616BCE #CE61A2

split-complementary

#CEC461 #61A2CE #8D61CE

monochromatic

#8A812B #B9AD39 #CEC461 #DCD590 #EBE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CEC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC461

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC461	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.122 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd591',
    500: '#cec461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec461;
$custom-light: #dfd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80837,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC461

secondary

#434A91

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC461

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

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