#CECC51#CECC51

#CECC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.144 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC51
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -14.69, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 61.51, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0451 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.144 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5332, 56.9030, 16.2098)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC51 #5153CE

analogous

#CE8E51 #CECC51 #92CE51

triadic

#CECC51 #51CECC #CC51CE

tetradic

#CECC51 #51CE8E #5153CE #CE5192

square

#CECC51 #51CE8E #5153CE #CE5192

split-complementary

#CECC51 #5192CE #8E51CE

monochromatic

#807F24 #B0AE32 #CECC51 #DBDA81 #E9E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CECC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC51

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC51	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.144 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db87',
    500: '#cecc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc51;
$custom-light: #e0db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82359,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC51

secondary

#3B3D88

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC51

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

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