#CEC661#CEC661

#CEC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.124 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC661
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -10.46, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 51.99, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0313 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.124 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8067, 54.3745, 19.2840)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC661 #6169CE

analogous

#CE9061 #CEC661 #A0CE61

triadic

#CEC661 #61CEC6 #C661CE

tetradic

#CEC661 #61CE90 #6169CE #CE61A0

square

#CEC661 #61CE90 #6169CE #CE61A0

split-complementary

#CEC661 #61A0CE #9061CE

monochromatic

#8A832B #B9AF39 #CEC661 #DCD790 #EBE8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC661

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC661	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.124 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd791',
    500: '#cec661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec661;
$custom-light: #dfd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC661

secondary

#434891

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC661

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

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