#CEBE2C#CEBE2C

#CEBE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE2C
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 78.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -9.46, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 70.12, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.034 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.155 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3238, 50.1325, 9.7242)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE2C #2C3CCE

analogous

#CE6D2C #CEBE2C #8DCE2C

triadic

#CEBE2C #2CCEBE #BE2CCE

tetradic

#CEBE2C #2CCE6D #2C3CCE #CE2C8D

square

#CEBE2C #2CCE6D #2C3CCE #CE2C8D

split-complementary

#CEBE2C #2C8DCE #6D2CCE

monochromatic

#696116 #9C8F21 #CEBE2C #DCCF5B #E7DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#CEBE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE2C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE2C	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)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d172',
    500: '#cebe2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe2c;
$custom-light: #e1d172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79118,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE2C

secondary

#2B3273

accent

#51E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE2C

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

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