#CEBC42#CEBC42

#CEBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBC42
RGB	rgb(206, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -7.46, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 61.79, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0262 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4221, 49.4836, 12.3646)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBC42 #4254CE

analogous

#CE7642 #CEBC42 #9ACE42

triadic

#CEBC42 #42CEBC #BC42CE

tetradic

#CEBC42 #42CE76 #4254CE #CE429A

square

#CEBC42 #42CE76 #4254CE #CE429A

split-complementary

#CEBC42 #429ACE #7642CE

monochromatic

#776B1F #A7972B #CEBC42 #DBCD73 #E7DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CEBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#CEBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBC42

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBC42	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7d',
    500: '#cebc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebc42;
$custom-light: #e0cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78842,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBC42

secondary

#98A0D4

accent

#5AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBC42

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

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