#CEBD51#CEBD51

#CEBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD51
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -7.05, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 55.83, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1381, 50.1129, 15.0781)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD51 #5162CE

analogous

#CE7F51 #CEBD51 #A1CE51

triadic

#CEBD51 #51CEBD #BD51CE

tetradic

#CEBD51 #51CE7F #5162CE #CE51A1

square

#CEBD51 #51CE7F #5162CE #CE51A1

split-complementary

#CEBD51 #51A1CE #7F51CE

monochromatic

#807424 #B09F32 #CEBD51 #DBCF81 #E9E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CEBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#CEBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD51

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD51	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d086',
    500: '#cebd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd51;
$custom-light: #e0d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79189,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD51

secondary

#3B4688

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD51

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

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