#CEC951#CEC951

#CEC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC951
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -13.18, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 60.32, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0408 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8270, 55.4907, 15.9744)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC951 #5156CE

analogous

#CE8B51 #CEC951 #95CE51

triadic

#CEC951 #51CEC9 #C951CE

tetradic

#CEC951 #51CE8B #5156CE #CE5195

square

#CEC951 #51CE8B #5156CE #CE5195

split-complementary

#CEC951 #5195CE #8B51CE

monochromatic

#807D24 #B0AB32 #CEC951 #DBD881 #E9E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CEC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC951

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC951	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d987',
    500: '#cec951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec951;
$custom-light: #e0d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC951

secondary

#3B3E88

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC951

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

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