#CEBD57#CEBD57

#CEBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD57
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -6.63, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 53.14, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0214 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3732, 50.2070, 16.3159)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD57 #5768CE

analogous

#CE8257 #CEBD57 #A3CE57

triadic

#CEBD57 #57CEBD #BD57CE

tetradic

#CEBD57 #57CE82 #5768CE #CE57A3

square

#CEBD57 #57CE82 #5768CE #CE57A3

split-complementary

#CEBD57 #57A3CE #8257CE

monochromatic

#847727 #B3A134 #CEBD57 #DCD086 #EAE2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CEBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD57

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD57	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)

#CDB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d08a',
    500: '#cebd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd57;
$custom-light: #e0d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79253,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD57

secondary

#3E498B

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD57

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

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