#CEB142#CEB142

#CEB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB142
RGB	rgb(206, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -1.72, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 58.40, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0098 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1612, 44.9617, 11.6109)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB142 #425FCE

analogous

#CE6B42 #CEB142 #A5CE42

triadic

#CEB142 #42CEB1 #B142CE

tetradic

#CEB142 #42CE6B #425FCE #CE42A5

square

#CEB142 #42CE6B #425FCE #CE42A5

split-complementary

#CEB142 #42A5CE #6B42CE

monochromatic

#77651F #A78E2B #CEB142 #DBC573 #E7D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CEB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CEB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB142

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB142	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)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87c',
    500: '#ceb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb142;
$custom-light: #e1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB142

secondary

#98A4D4

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB142

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

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