#CEC751#CEC751

#CEC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC751
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -12.17, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 59.54, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.038 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3638, 54.5643, 15.8200)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC751 #5158CE

analogous

#CE8951 #CEC751 #97CE51

triadic

#CEC751 #51CEC7 #C751CE

tetradic

#CEC751 #51CE89 #5158CE #CE5197

square

#CEC751 #51CE89 #5158CE #CE5197

split-complementary

#CEC751 #5197CE #8951CE

monochromatic

#807B24 #B0A932 #CEC751 #DBD681 #E9E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CEC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC751

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC751	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d787',
    500: '#cec751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec751;
$custom-light: #e0d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81296,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC751

secondary

#3B4088

accent

#51DF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC751

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

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