#CEBF55#CEBF55

#CEBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBF55
RGB	rgb(206, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -7.80, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 54.77, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0251 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7258, 51.0411, 16.0359)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBF55 #5564CE

analogous

#CE8355 #CEBF55 #A1CE55

triadic

#CEBF55 #55CEBF #BF55CE

tetradic

#CEBF55 #55CE83 #5564CE #CE55A1

square

#CEBF55 #55CE83 #5564CE #CE55A1

split-complementary

#CEBF55 #55A1CE #8355CE

monochromatic

#837726 #B2A333 #CEBF55 #DCD185 #E9E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CEBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBF55

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBF55	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d289',
    500: '#cebf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebf55;
$custom-light: #e0d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79649,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBF55

secondary

#3D478A

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBF55

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

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