#CEBB56#CEBB56

#CEBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBB56
RGB	rgb(206, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -5.66, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 52.89, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0188 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9053, 49.3362, 15.9598)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBB56 #5669CE

analogous

#CE7F56 #CEBB56 #A5CE56

triadic

#CEBB56 #56CEBB #BB56CE

tetradic

#CEBB56 #56CE7F #5669CE #CE56A5

square

#CEBB56 #56CE7F #5669CE #CE56A5

split-complementary

#CEBB56 #56A5CE #7F56CE

monochromatic

#837526 #B39F34 #CEBB56 #DCCE85 #EAE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CEBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#CEBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBB56

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBB56	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf89',
    500: '#cebb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebb56;
$custom-light: #e0cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78825,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBB56

secondary

#A8AFD8

accent

#61DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBB56

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

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