#CEBB40#CEBB40

#CEBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBB40
RGB	rgb(206, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -7.05, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 62.25, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0253 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1513, 49.0346, 11.9885)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBB40 #4053CE

analogous

#CE7440 #CEBB40 #9ACE40

triadic

#CEBB40 #40CEBB #BB40CE

tetradic

#CEBB40 #40CE74 #4053CE #CE409A

square

#CEBB40 #40CE74 #4053CE #CE409A

split-complementary

#CEBB40 #409ACE #7440CE

monochromatic

#756A1E #A6962B #CEBB40 #DACC71 #E7DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CEBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CEBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBB40

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBB40	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cf7c',
    500: '#cebb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebb40;
$custom-light: #e1cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78616,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBB40

secondary

#969ED4

accent

#5AE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBB40

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

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