#CEBE56#CEBE56

#CEBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE56
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -7.22, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 53.96, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0233 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5484, 50.6224, 16.1741)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE56 #5666CE

analogous

#CE8256 #CEBE56 #A2CE56

triadic

#CEBE56 #56CEBE #BE56CE

tetradic

#CEBE56 #56CE82 #5666CE #CE56A2

square

#CEBE56 #56CE82 #5666CE #CE56A2

split-complementary

#CEBE56 #56A2CE #8256CE

monochromatic

#837726 #B3A234 #CEBE56 #DCD085 #EAE2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CEBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE56

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE56	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)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d189',
    500: '#cebe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe56;
$custom-light: #e0d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79451,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE56

secondary

#3E488B

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE56

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

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