#CEC931#CEC931

#CEC931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.162 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC931
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -14.86, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 72.17, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0487 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.162 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8965, 55.1185, 11.0738)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC931 #3136CE

analogous

#CE7A31 #CEC931 #85CE31

triadic

#CEC931 #31CEC9 #C931CE

tetradic

#CEC931 #31CE7A #3136CE #CE3185

square

#CEC931 #31CE7A #3136CE #CE3185

split-complementary

#CEC931 #3185CE #7A31CE

monochromatic

#6B6919 #9D9925 #CEC931 #DAD662 #E6E394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CEC931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC931

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC931	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.162 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d976',
    500: '#cec931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec931;
$custom-light: #e1d976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81482,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC931

secondary

#2E3175

accent

#48E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC931

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

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