#CEBC40#CEBC40

#CEBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBC40
RGB	rgb(206, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -7.56, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 62.58, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0267 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3642, 49.4604, 12.0595)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBC40 #4052CE

analogous

#CE7540 #CEBC40 #99CE40

triadic

#CEBC40 #40CEBC #BC40CE

tetradic

#CEBC40 #40CE75 #4052CE #CE4099

square

#CEBC40 #40CE75 #4052CE #CE4099

split-complementary

#CEBC40 #4099CE #7540CE

monochromatic

#756A1E #A6972B #CEBC40 #DACD71 #E7DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CEBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#CEBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBC40

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBC40	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cf7c',
    500: '#cebc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebc40;
$custom-light: #e1cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBC40

secondary

#969ED4

accent

#59E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBC40

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

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