#CEBC55#CEBC55

#CEBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBC55
RGB	rgb(206, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -6.25, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 53.69, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0206 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0782, 49.7460, 15.8200)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBC55 #5567CE

analogous

#CE7F55 #CEBC55 #A4CE55

triadic

#CEBC55 #55CEBC #BC55CE

tetradic

#CEBC55 #55CE7F #5567CE #CE55A4

square

#CEBC55 #55CE7F #5567CE #CE55A4

split-complementary

#CEBC55 #55A4CE #7F55CE

monochromatic

#837526 #B29F33 #CEBC55 #DCCF85 #E9E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CEBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CEBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBC55

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBC55	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf88',
    500: '#cebc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebc55;
$custom-light: #e0cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBC55

secondary

#A7AED8

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBC55

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

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