#CEBD40#CEBD40

#CEBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD40
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -8.08, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 62.91, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0282 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5786, 49.8891, 12.1309)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD40 #4051CE

analogous

#CE7640 #CEBD40 #98CE40

triadic

#CEBD40 #40CEBD #BD40CE

tetradic

#CEBD40 #40CE76 #4051CE #CE4098

square

#CEBD40 #40CE76 #4051CE #CE4098

split-complementary

#CEBD40 #4098CE #7640CE

monochromatic

#756B1E #A6972B #CEBD40 #DACE71 #E7DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CEBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CEBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD40

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD40	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d07c',
    500: '#cebd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd40;
$custom-light: #e1d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79036,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD40

secondary

#969ED4

accent

#58E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD40

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

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