#CEB040#CEB040

#CEB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB040
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -1.30, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 58.94, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0089 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9065, 44.5449, 11.2402)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB040 #405ECE

analogous

#CE6940 #CEB040 #A5CE40

triadic

#CEB040 #40CEB0 #B040CE

tetradic

#CEB040 #40CE69 #405ECE #CE40A5

square

#CEB040 #40CE69 #405ECE #CE40A5

split-complementary

#CEB040 #40A5CE #6940CE

monochromatic

#75631E #A68C2B #CEB040 #DAC471 #E7D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CEB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CEB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB040

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB040	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c77b',
    500: '#ceb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb040;
$custom-light: #e1c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB040

secondary

#96A3D4

accent

#67E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB040

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

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