#CEC851#CEC851

#CEC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC851
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -12.68, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 59.93, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0394 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.14 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5947, 55.0260, 15.8970)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC851 #5157CE

analogous

#CE8A51 #CEC851 #96CE51

triadic

#CEC851 #51CEC8 #C851CE

tetradic

#CEC851 #51CE8A #5157CE #CE5196

square

#CEC851 #51CE8A #5157CE #CE5196

split-complementary

#CEC851 #5196CE #8A51CE

monochromatic

#807C24 #B0AA32 #CEC851 #DBD781 #E9E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CEC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC851

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC851	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d887',
    500: '#cec851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec851;
$custom-light: #e0d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC851

secondary

#3B3F88

accent

#50DF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC851

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

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