#CEBD59#CEBD59

#CEBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBD59
RGB	rgb(206, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -6.47, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 52.23, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0208 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4560, 50.2401, 16.7522)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBD59 #596ACE

analogous

#CE8259 #CEBD59 #A4CE59

triadic

#CEBD59 #59CEBD #BD59CE

tetradic

#CEBD59 #59CE82 #596ACE #CE59A4

square

#CEBD59 #59CE82 #596ACE #CE59A4

split-complementary

#CEBD59 #59A4CE #8259CE

monochromatic

#857827 #B5A235 #CEBD59 #DCD088 #EAE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CEBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBD59

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBD59	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd08b',
    500: '#cebd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebd59;
$custom-light: #dfd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBD59

secondary

#3F4A8C

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBD59

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

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