#CEB042#CEB042

#CEB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB042
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -1.19, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 58.12, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0083 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.131 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9644, 44.5681, 11.5453)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB042 #4260CE

analogous

#CE6A42 #CEB042 #A6CE42

triadic

#CEB042 #42CEB0 #B042CE

tetradic

#CEB042 #42CE6A #4260CE #CE42A6

square

#CEB042 #42CE6A #4260CE #CE42A6

split-complementary

#CEB042 #42A6CE #6A42CE

monochromatic

#77641F #A78D2B #CEB042 #DBC473 #E7D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CEB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CEB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB042

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB042	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c77c',
    500: '#ceb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb042;
$custom-light: #e1c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB042

secondary

#98A5D4

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB042

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

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