#CEB039#CEB039

#CEB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB039
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -1.66, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 61.68, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0107 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7196, 44.4702, 10.2563)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB039 #3957CE

analogous

#CE6539 #CEB039 #A2CE39

triadic

#CEB039 #39CEB0 #B039CE

tetradic

#CEB039 #39CE65 #3957CE #CE39A2

square

#CEB039 #39CE65 #3957CE #CE39A2

split-complementary

#CEB039 #39A2CE #6539CE

monochromatic

#71601C #A28928 #CEB039 #DAC46A #E6D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CEB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CEB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB039

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB039	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)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c777',
    500: '#ceb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb039;
$custom-light: #e1c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7628,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB039

secondary

#919ED2

accent

#64E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB039

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

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