#CECD51#CECD51

#CECD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.145 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD51
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -15.19, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 61.91, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0465 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.145 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7716, 57.3799, 16.2893)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD51 #5152CE

analogous

#CE8F51 #CECD51 #91CE51

triadic

#CECD51 #51CECD #CD51CE

tetradic

#CECD51 #51CE8F #5152CE #CE5191

square

#CECD51 #51CE8F #5152CE #CE5191

split-complementary

#CECD51 #5191CE #8F51CE

monochromatic

#808024 #B0AF32 #CECD51 #DBDB81 #E9E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CECD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD51

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD51	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.145 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc87',
    500: '#cecd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd51;
$custom-light: #e0dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82573,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD51

secondary

#3B3C88

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD51

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

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