#CEB242#CEB242

#CEB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB242
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -2.25, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 58.69, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0114 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3594, 45.3582, 11.6770)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB242 #425ECE

analogous

#CE6C42 #CEB242 #A4CE42

triadic

#CEB242 #42CEB2 #B242CE

tetradic

#CEB242 #42CE6C #425ECE #CE42A4

square

#CEB242 #42CE6C #425ECE #CE42A4

split-complementary

#CEB242 #42A4CE #6C42CE

monochromatic

#77651F #A78F2B #CEB242 #DBC673 #E7DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CEB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CEB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB242

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB242	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87c',
    500: '#ceb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb242;
$custom-light: #e1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB242

secondary

#98A4D4

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB242

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

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