#CEBD56#CEBD56

#CEBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD56
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -6.70, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 53.60, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0218 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(45.3326, 50.1907, 16.1022)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD56 #5667CE

analogous

#CE8156 #CEBD56 #A3CE56

triadic

#CEBD56 #56CEBD #BD56CE

tetradic

#CEBD56 #56CE81 #5667CE #CE56A3

square

#CEBD56 #56CE81 #5667CE #CE56A3

split-complementary

#CEBD56 #56A3CE #8156CE

monochromatic

#837626 #B3A134 #CEBD56 #DCD085 #EAE2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CEBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD56

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD56	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d089',
    500: '#cebd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd56;
$custom-light: #e0d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79242,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.50189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD56

secondary

#3E488B

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD56

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

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