#CEBC59#CEBC59

#CEBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBC59
RGB	rgb(206, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -5.96, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 51.87, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0193 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2416, 49.8114, 16.6807)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBC59 #596BCE

analogous

#CE8159 #CEBC59 #A6CE59

triadic

#CEBC59 #59CEBC #BC59CE

tetradic

#CEBC59 #59CE81 #596BCE #CE59A6

square

#CEBC59 #59CE81 #596BCE #CE59A6

split-complementary

#CEBC59 #59A6CE #8159CE

monochromatic

#857727 #B5A135 #CEBC59 #DCCF88 #EAE2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CEBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CEBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBC59

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBC59	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf8b',
    500: '#cebc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebc59;
$custom-light: #dfcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79067,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBC59

secondary

#AAB1D9

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBC59

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

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