#CEB240#CEB240

#CEB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.134 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB240
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -2.36, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 59.50, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0119 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.134 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3015, 45.3350, 11.3719)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB240 #405CCE

analogous

#CE6B40 #CEB240 #A3CE40

triadic

#CEB240 #40CEB2 #B240CE

tetradic

#CEB240 #40CE6B #405CCE #CE40A3

square

#CEB240 #40CE6B #405CCE #CE40A3

split-complementary

#CEB240 #40A3CE #6B40CE

monochromatic

#75641E #A68E2B #CEB240 #DAC671 #E7D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CEB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CEB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB240

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB240	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.134 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87b',
    500: '#ceb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb240;
$custom-light: #e1c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB240

secondary

#96A2D4

accent

#64E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB240

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

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