#CEC551#CEC551

#CEC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC551
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -11.16, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 58.78, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0351 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9067, 53.6500, 15.6676)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC551 #515ACE

analogous

#CE8751 #CEC551 #99CE51

triadic

#CEC551 #51CEC5 #C551CE

tetradic

#CEC551 #51CE87 #515ACE #CE5199

square

#CEC551 #51CE87 #515ACE #CE5199

split-complementary

#CEC551 #5199CE #8751CE

monochromatic

#807A24 #B0A732 #CEC551 #DBD581 #E9E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CEC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC551

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC551	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d687',
    500: '#cec551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec551;
$custom-light: #e0d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80872,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC551

secondary

#3B4188

accent

#53DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC551

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

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