#CEBD55#CEBD55

#CEBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD55
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -6.77, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 54.05, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0221 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2926, 50.1747, 15.8915)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD55 #5566CE

analogous

#CE8155 #CEBD55 #A3CE55

triadic

#CEBD55 #55CEBD #BD55CE

tetradic

#CEBD55 #55CE81 #5566CE #CE55A3

square

#CEBD55 #55CE81 #5566CE #CE55A3

split-complementary

#CEBD55 #55A3CE #8155CE

monochromatic

#837626 #B2A133 #CEBD55 #DCCF85 #E9E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#CEBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD55

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD55	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d088',
    500: '#cebd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd55;
$custom-light: #e0d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79231,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD55

secondary

#3D488A

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD55

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

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