#CEBC51#CEBC51

#CEBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBC51
RGB	rgb(206, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -6.54, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 55.48, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0219 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9238, 49.6842, 15.0067)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBC51 #5163CE

analogous

#CE7E51 #CEBC51 #A2CE51

triadic

#CEBC51 #51CEBC #BC51CE

tetradic

#CEBC51 #51CE7E #5163CE #CE51A2

square

#CEBC51 #51CE7E #5163CE #CE51A2

split-complementary

#CEBC51 #51A2CE #7E51CE

monochromatic

#807324 #B09E32 #CEBC51 #DBCE81 #E9E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CEBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#CEBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBC51

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBC51	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf86',
    500: '#cebc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebc51;
$custom-light: #e0cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBC51

secondary

#A4ABD7

accent

#5EDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBC51

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

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