#CECC61#CECC61

#CECC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC61
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -13.51, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 54.48, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.04 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.13 108)
XYZ	xyz(49.2054, 57.1719, 19.7502)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC61 #6163CE

analogous

#CE9661 #CECC61 #9ACE61

triadic

#CECC61 #61CECC #CC61CE

tetradic

#CECC61 #61CE96 #6163CE #CE619A

square

#CECC61 #61CE96 #6163CE #CE619A

split-complementary

#CECC61 #619ACE #9661CE

monochromatic

#8A882B #B9B639 #CECC61 #DCDB90 #EBEABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CECC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC61

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC61	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb91',
    500: '#cecc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc61;
$custom-light: #dfdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.57171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC61

secondary

#434491

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC61

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

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