#CECE51#CECE51

#CECE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.146 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE51
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -15.69, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 62.32, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0479 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.146 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0116, 57.8598, 16.3693)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE51 #5151CE

analogous

#CE9051 #CECE51 #90CE51

triadic

#CECE51 #51CECE #CE51CE

tetradic

#CECE51 #51CE90 #5151CE #CE5190

square

#CECE51 #51CE90 #5151CE #CE5190

split-complementary

#CECE51 #5190CE #9051CE

monochromatic

#808024 #B0B032 #CECE51 #DBDB81 #E9E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CECE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE51

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE51	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.146 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc87',
    500: '#cece51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece51;
$custom-light: #e0dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE51

secondary

#3B3B88

accent

#48DF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE51

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

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