#CEB049#CEB049

#CEB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB049
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -0.78, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 55.16, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0063 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.126 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1836, 44.6558, 12.6996)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB049 #4967CE

analogous

#CE6D49 #CEB049 #AACE49

triadic

#CEB049 #49CEB0 #B049CE

tetradic

#CEB049 #49CE6D #4967CE #CE49AA

square

#CEB049 #49CE6D #4967CE #CE49AA

split-complementary

#CEB049 #49AACE #6D49CE

monochromatic

#7B6721 #AC8F2E #CEB049 #DBC579 #E8DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CEB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CEB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB049

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB049	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c780',
    500: '#ceb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb049;
$custom-light: #e0c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76416,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB049

secondary

#9DAAD5

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB049

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

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