#CEC651#CEC651

#CEC651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC651
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -11.66, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 59.16, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0365 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1345, 54.1057, 15.7436)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC651 #5159CE

analogous

#CE8851 #CEC651 #98CE51

triadic

#CEC651 #51CEC6 #C651CE

tetradic

#CEC651 #51CE88 #5159CE #CE5198

square

#CEC651 #51CE88 #5159CE #CE5198

split-complementary

#CEC651 #5198CE #8851CE

monochromatic

#807B24 #B0A832 #CEC651 #DBD681 #E9E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CEC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC651

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC651	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d787',
    500: '#cec651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec651;
$custom-light: #e0d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81084,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC651

secondary

#3B4088

accent

#52DF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC651

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

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