#CEBE61#CEBE61

#CEBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE61
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -6.35, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 48.86, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0195 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0262, 50.8135, 18.6905)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE61 #6171CE

analogous

#CE8861 #CEBE61 #A7CE61

triadic

#CEBE61 #61CEBE #BE61CE

tetradic

#CEBE61 #61CE88 #6171CE #CE61A7

square

#CEBE61 #61CE88 #6171CE #CE61A7

split-complementary

#CEBE61 #61A7CE #8861CE

monochromatic

#8A7C2B #B9A639 #CEBE61 #DCD190 #EBE4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CEBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CEBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE61

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE61	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd190',
    500: '#cebe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe61;
$custom-light: #dfd190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79581,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE61

secondary

#434E91

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE61

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

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