#CEBE52#CEBE52

#CEBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE52
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -7.50, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 55.75, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0245 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3918, 50.5597, 15.3490)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE52 #5262CE

analogous

#CE8052 #CEBE52 #A0CE52

triadic

#CEBE52 #52CEBE #BE52CE

tetradic

#CEBE52 #52CE80 #5262CE #CE52A0

square

#CEBE52 #52CE80 #5262CE #CE52A0

split-complementary

#CEBE52 #52A0CE #8052CE

monochromatic

#817525 #B1A032 #CEBE52 #DCD082 #E9E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CEBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE52

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE52	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)

#CEB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d187',
    500: '#cebe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe52;
$custom-light: #e0d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE52

secondary

#3C4688

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE52

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

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