#CEBB59#CEBB59

#CEBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBB59
RGB	rgb(206, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -5.44, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 51.51, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0178 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0288, 49.3856, 16.6098)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBB59 #596CCE

analogous

#CE8059 #CEBB59 #A7CE59

triadic

#CEBB59 #59CEBB #BB59CE

tetradic

#CEBB59 #59CE80 #596CCE #CE59A7

square

#CEBB59 #59CE80 #596CCE #CE59A7

split-complementary

#CEBB59 #59A7CE #8059CE

monochromatic

#857627 #B5A035 #CEBB59 #DCCE88 #EAE2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CEBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#CEBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBB59

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBB59	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf8b',
    500: '#cebb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebb59;
$custom-light: #dfcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78859,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBB59

secondary

#AAB2D9

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBB59

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

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