#CEBE57#CEBE57

#CEBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE57
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -7.14, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 53.51, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0229 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5890, 50.6386, 16.3878)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE57 #5767CE

analogous

#CE8357 #CEBE57 #A2CE57

triadic

#CEBE57 #57CEBE #BE57CE

tetradic

#CEBE57 #57CE83 #5767CE #CE57A2

square

#CEBE57 #57CE83 #5767CE #CE57A2

split-complementary

#CEBE57 #57A2CE #8357CE

monochromatic

#847727 #B3A234 #CEBE57 #DCD086 #EAE3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CEBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE57

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE57	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d18a',
    500: '#cebe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe57;
$custom-light: #e0d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE57

secondary

#3E488B

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE57

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

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