#CEBD42#CEBD42

#CEBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD42
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -7.97, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 62.12, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0277 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6365, 49.9123, 12.4360)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD42 #4253CE

analogous

#CE7742 #CEBD42 #99CE42

triadic

#CEBD42 #42CEBD #BD42CE

tetradic

#CEBD42 #42CE77 #4253CE #CE4299

square

#CEBD42 #42CE77 #4253CE #CE4299

split-complementary

#CEBD42 #4299CE #7742CE

monochromatic

#776C1F #A7982B #CEBD42 #DBCE73 #E7DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CEBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CEBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD42

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07d',
    500: '#cebd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd42;
$custom-light: #e0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79052,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD42

secondary

#989FD4

accent

#59E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD42

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

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