#CEBE40#CEBE40

#CEBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE40
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -8.59, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 63.24, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0297 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.143 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.7944, 50.3208, 12.2029)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE40 #4050CE

analogous

#CE7740 #CEBE40 #97CE40

triadic

#CEBE40 #40CEBE #BE40CE

tetradic

#CEBE40 #40CE77 #4050CE #CE4097

square

#CEBE40 #40CE77 #4050CE #CE4097

split-complementary

#CEBE40 #4097CE #7740CE

monochromatic

#756C1E #A6982B #CEBE40 #DACF71 #E7DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CEBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE40

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE40	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d17c',
    500: '#cebe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe40;
$custom-light: #e1d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79246,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE40

secondary

#343D7E

accent

#57E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE40

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

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