#CEBF59#CEBF59

#CEBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBF59
RGB	rgb(206, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -7.51, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 52.96, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0238 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.8892, 51.1064, 16.8966)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBF59 #5968CE

analogous

#CE8559 #CEBF59 #A2CE59

triadic

#CEBF59 #59CEBF #BF59CE

tetradic

#CEBF59 #59CE85 #5968CE #CE59A2

square

#CEBF59 #59CE85 #5968CE #CE59A2

split-complementary

#CEBF59 #59A2CE #8559CE

monochromatic

#857927 #B5A435 #CEBF59 #DCD188 #EAE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CEBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CEBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBF59

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBF59	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28b',
    500: '#cebf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebf59;
$custom-light: #dfd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.51105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBF59

secondary

#3F498C

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBF59

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

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