#CEBE53#CEBE53

#CEBE53 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	#CEBE53
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -7.43, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 55.30, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0242 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4301, 50.5751, 15.5509)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE53 #5363CE

analogous

#CE8153 #CEBE53 #A1CE53

triadic

#CEBE53 #53CEBE #BE53CE

tetradic

#CEBE53 #53CE81 #5363CE #CE53A1

square

#CEBE53 #53CE81 #5363CE #CE53A1

split-complementary

#CEBE53 #53A1CE #8153CE

monochromatic

#827625 #B1A133 #CEBE53 #DCD083 #E9E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CEBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE53

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE53	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)

#CEB947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d187',
    500: '#cebe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe53;
$custom-light: #e0d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE53

secondary

#3C4689

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE53

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

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