#CEBE59#CEBE59

#CEBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE59
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -6.99, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 52.59, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0223 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6719, 50.6718, 16.8241)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE59 #5969CE

analogous

#CE8359 #CEBE59 #A3CE59

triadic

#CEBE59 #59CEBE #BE59CE

tetradic

#CEBE59 #59CE83 #5969CE #CE59A3

square

#CEBE59 #59CE83 #5969CE #CE59A3

split-complementary

#CEBE59 #59A3CE #8359CE

monochromatic

#857827 #B5A335 #CEBE59 #DCD188 #EAE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CEBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CEBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE59

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE59	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)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18b',
    500: '#cebe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe59;
$custom-light: #dfd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79484,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE59

secondary

#3F498C

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE59

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

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