#CEB138#CEB138

#CEB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB138
RGB	rgb(206, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -2.23, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 62.33, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0124 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8917, 44.8539, 10.1918)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB138 #3855CE

analogous

#CE6638 #CEB138 #A0CE38

triadic

#CEB138 #38CEB1 #B138CE

tetradic

#CEB138 #38CE66 #3855CE #CE38A0

square

#CEB138 #38CE66 #3855CE #CE38A0

split-complementary

#CEB138 #38A0CE #6638CE

monochromatic

#70601C #A18A28 #CEB138 #DAC469 #E6D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CEB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CEB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB138

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB138	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c777',
    500: '#ceb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb138;
$custom-light: #e1c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB138

secondary

#909DD2

accent

#63E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB138

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

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