#CEBE51#CEBE51

#CEBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE51
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -7.57, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 56.19, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0248 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.3540, 50.5446, 15.1501)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE51 #5161CE

analogous

#CE8051 #CEBE51 #A0CE51

triadic

#CEBE51 #51CEBE #BE51CE

tetradic

#CEBE51 #51CE80 #5161CE #CE51A0

square

#CEBE51 #51CE80 #5161CE #CE51A0

split-complementary

#CEBE51 #51A0CE #8051CE

monochromatic

#807524 #B0A032 #CEBE51 #DBD081 #E9E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CEBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE51

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE51	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d186',
    500: '#cebe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe51;
$custom-light: #e0d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79398,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.50543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE51

secondary

#3B4588

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE51

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

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