#CEBE55#CEBE55

#CEBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE55
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -7.29, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 54.41, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0236 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5084, 50.6064, 15.9634)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE55 #5565CE

analogous

#CE8255 #CEBE55 #A2CE55

triadic

#CEBE55 #55CEBE #BE55CE

tetradic

#CEBE55 #55CE82 #5565CE #CE55A2

square

#CEBE55 #55CE82 #5565CE #CE55A2

split-complementary

#CEBE55 #55A2CE #8255CE

monochromatic

#837726 #B2A233 #CEBE55 #DCD085 #E9E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CEBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE55

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE55	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d189',
    500: '#cebe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe55;
$custom-light: #e0d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7944,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE55

secondary

#3D478A

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE55

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

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