#CECB31#CECB31

#CECB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.164 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB31
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -15.86, 71.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 72.86, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0515 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.164 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3658, 56.0570, 11.2302)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB31 #3134CE

analogous

#CE7D31 #CECB31 #82CE31

triadic

#CECB31 #31CECB #CB31CE

tetradic

#CECB31 #31CE7D #3134CE #CE3182

square

#CECB31 #31CE7D #3134CE #CE3182

split-complementary

#CECB31 #3182CE #7D31CE

monochromatic

#6B6A19 #9D9A25 #CECB31 #DAD762 #E6E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CECB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CECB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB31

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB31	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.164 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1da76',
    500: '#cecb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb31;
$custom-light: #e1da76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8191,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB31

secondary

#2E3075

accent

#46E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB31

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

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