#CEB038#CEB038

#CEB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB038
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -1.70, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 62.06, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0109 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.138 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6949, 44.4603, 10.1262)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB038 #3856CE

analogous

#CE6538 #CEB038 #A1CE38

triadic

#CEB038 #38CEB0 #B038CE

tetradic

#CEB038 #38CE65 #3856CE #CE38A1

square

#CEB038 #38CE65 #3856CE #CE38A1

split-complementary

#CEB038 #38A1CE #6538CE

monochromatic

#705F1C #A18928 #CEB038 #DAC369 #E6D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CEB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CEB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB038

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB038	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c776',
    500: '#ceb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb038;
$custom-light: #e1c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76272,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB038

secondary

#909DD2

accent

#64E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB038

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

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