#CECD61#CECD61

#CECD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD61
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -14.01, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 54.91, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0415 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.131 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4439, 57.6488, 19.8297)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD61 #6162CE

analogous

#CE9761 #CECD61 #98CE61

triadic

#CECD61 #61CECD #CD61CE

tetradic

#CECD61 #61CE97 #6162CE #CE6198

square

#CECD61 #61CE97 #6162CE #CE6198

split-complementary

#CECD61 #6198CE #9761CE

monochromatic

#8A892B #B9B739 #CECD61 #DCDC90 #EBEBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CECD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CECD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD61

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD61	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc91',
    500: '#cecd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd61;
$custom-light: #dfdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82741,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD61

secondary

#434391

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD61

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

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