#CEC571#CEC571

#CEC571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.106 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC571
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 45.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -8.51, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 43.91, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0241 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.106 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4016, 54.2480, 23.5409)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC571 #717ACE

analogous

#CE9771 #CEC571 #A8CE71

triadic

#CEC571 #71CEC5 #C571CE

tetradic

#CEC571 #71CE97 #717ACE #CE71A8

square

#CEC571 #71CE97 #717ACE #CE71A8

split-complementary

#CEC571 #71A8CE #9771CE

monochromatic

#928932 #BEB244 #CEC571 #DED89E #EDEACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CEC571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC571

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC571	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.106 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69b',
    500: '#cec571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec571;
$custom-light: #ded69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC571

secondary

#4B5298

accent

#38BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC571

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

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