#CEBF42#CEBF42

#CEBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBF42
RGB	rgb(206, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -9.00, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 62.80, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0306 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0697, 50.7786, 12.5804)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBF42 #4251CE

analogous

#CE7942 #CEBF42 #97CE42

triadic

#CEBF42 #42CEBF #BF42CE

tetradic

#CEBF42 #42CE79 #4251CE #CE4297

square

#CEBF42 #42CE79 #4251CE #CE4297

split-complementary

#CEBF42 #4297CE #7942CE

monochromatic

#776D1F #A79A2B #CEBF42 #DBCF73 #E7E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CEBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CEBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBF42

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBF42	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27d',
    500: '#cebf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebf42;
$custom-light: #e0d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBF42

secondary

#353D7F

accent

#57E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBF42

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

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