#CECC31#CECC31

#CECC31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.164 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC31
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -16.36, 71.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 73.21, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0529 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.164 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6027, 56.5308, 11.3092)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC31 #3133CE

analogous

#CE7E31 #CECC31 #81CE31

triadic

#CECC31 #31CECC #CC31CE

tetradic

#CECC31 #31CE7E #3133CE #CE3181

square

#CECC31 #31CE7E #3133CE #CE3181

split-complementary

#CECC31 #3181CE #7E31CE

monochromatic

#6B6A19 #9D9B25 #CECC31 #DAD862 #E6E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CECC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CECC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC31

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC31	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.164 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1db76',
    500: '#cecc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc31;
$custom-light: #e1db76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82125,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC31

secondary

#2E2F75

accent

#45E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC31

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

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