#CEBF51#CEBF51

#CEBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBF51
RGB	rgb(206, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -8.08, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 56.55, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0263 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5713, 50.9793, 15.2225)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBF51 #5160CE

analogous

#CE8151 #CEBF51 #9FCE51

triadic

#CEBF51 #51CEBF #BF51CE

tetradic

#CEBF51 #51CE81 #5160CE #CE519F

square

#CEBF51 #51CE81 #5160CE #CE519F

split-complementary

#CEBF51 #519FCE #8151CE

monochromatic

#807524 #B0A132 #CEBF51 #DBD181 #E9E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CEBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CEBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBF51

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBF51	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d286',
    500: '#cebf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebf51;
$custom-light: #e0d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBF51

secondary

#3B4488

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBF51

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

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