#CEB140#CEB140

#CEB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB140
RGB	rgb(206, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -1.83, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 59.22, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0104 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1033, 44.9385, 11.3058)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB140 #405DCE

analogous

#CE6A40 #CEB140 #A4CE40

triadic

#CEB140 #40CEB1 #B140CE

tetradic

#CEB140 #40CE6A #405DCE #CE40A4

square

#CEB140 #40CE6A #405DCE #CE40A4

split-complementary

#CEB140 #40A4CE #6A40CE

monochromatic

#75641E #A68D2B #CEB140 #DAC571 #E7D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CEB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CEB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB140

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB140	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87b',
    500: '#ceb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb140;
$custom-light: #e1c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB140

secondary

#96A3D4

accent

#65E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB140

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

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