#CEBE79#CEBE79

#CEBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.091 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBE79
RGB	rgb(206, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -4.06, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 37.08, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0105 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.091 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3193, 51.3308, 25.5007)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBE79 #7989CE

analogous

#CE9479 #CEBE79 #B4CE79

triadic

#CEBE79 #79CEBE #BE79CE

tetradic

#CEBE79 #79CE94 #7989CE #CE79B4

square

#CEBE79 #79CE94 #7989CE #CE79B4

split-complementary

#CEBE79 #79B4CE #9479CE

monochromatic

#968437 #BEA84C #CEBE79 #DED4A6 #EFE9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CEBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBE79

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBE79	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.091 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded1a0',
    500: '#cebe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebe79;
$custom-light: #ded1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7993,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBE79

secondary

#4F5E9C

accent

#47BA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBE79

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

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