#CECB51#CECB51

#CECB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB51
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -14.19, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 61.11, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0437 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.143 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2963, 56.4292, 16.1308)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB51 #5154CE

analogous

#CE8D51 #CECB51 #93CE51

triadic

#CECB51 #51CECB #CB51CE

tetradic

#CECB51 #51CE8D #5154CE #CE5193

square

#CECB51 #51CE8D #5154CE #CE5193

split-complementary

#CECB51 #5193CE #8D51CE

monochromatic

#807E24 #B0AD32 #CECB51 #DBD981 #E9E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CECB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB51

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB51	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da87',
    500: '#cecb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb51;
$custom-light: #e0da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB51

secondary

#3B3D88

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB51

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

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