#CEBE42#CEBE42

#CEBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE42
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -8.49, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 62.46, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0291 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8523, 50.3440, 12.5080)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE42 #4252CE

analogous

#CE7842 #CEBE42 #98CE42

triadic

#CEBE42 #42CEBE #BE42CE

tetradic

#CEBE42 #42CE78 #4252CE #CE4298

square

#CEBE42 #42CE78 #4252CE #CE4298

split-complementary

#CEBE42 #4298CE #7842CE

monochromatic

#776D1F #A7992B #CEBE42 #DBCF73 #E7DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CEBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CEBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE42

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE42	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17d',
    500: '#cebe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe42;
$custom-light: #e0d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79262,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE42

secondary

#353D7F

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE42

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

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