#CEBF56#CEBF56

#CEBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBF56
RGB	rgb(206, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -7.73, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 54.32, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0247 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7658, 51.0571, 16.2466)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBF56 #5665CE

analogous

#CE8356 #CEBF56 #A1CE56

triadic

#CEBF56 #56CEBF #BF56CE

tetradic

#CEBF56 #56CE83 #5665CE #CE56A1

square

#CEBF56 #56CE83 #5665CE #CE56A1

split-complementary

#CEBF56 #56A1CE #8356CE

monochromatic

#837826 #B3A334 #CEBF56 #DCD185 #EAE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CEBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBF56

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBF56	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d289',
    500: '#cebf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebf56;
$custom-light: #e0d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBF56

secondary

#3E478B

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBF56

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

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