#CECF61#CECF61

#CECF61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECF61
RGB	rgb(206, 207, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -15.01, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 55.76, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0443 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.133 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9253, 58.6117, 19.9902)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECF61 #6261CF

analogous

#CF9961 #CECF61 #97CF61

triadic

#CECF61 #61CECF #CF61CE

tetradic

#CECF61 #61CF99 #6261CF #CF6197

square

#CECF61 #61CF99 #6261CF #CF6197

split-complementary

#CECF61 #6197CF #9961CF

monochromatic

#8A8B2A #B9BA39 #CECF61 #DDDD90 #EBECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CECF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECF61

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECF61	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 207, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdd91',
    500: '#cecf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecf61;
$custom-light: #dfdd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83167,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECF61

secondary

#434292

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECF61

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

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