#CEBE49#CEBE49

#CEBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE49
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -8.08, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 59.62, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0272 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0715, 50.4316, 13.6622)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE49 #4959CE

analogous

#CE7C49 #CEBE49 #9CCE49

triadic

#CEBE49 #49CEBE #BE49CE

tetradic

#CEBE49 #49CE7C #4959CE #CE499C

square

#CEBE49 #49CE7C #4959CE #CE499C

split-complementary

#CEBE49 #499CCE #7C49CE

monochromatic

#7B7121 #AC9D2E #CEBE49 #DBCF79 #E8E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CEBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE49

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE49	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d181',
    500: '#cebe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe49;
$custom-light: #e0d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE49

secondary

#384183

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE49

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

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