#CEB249#CEB249

#CEB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.127 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB249
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -1.84, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 55.74, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0093 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.127 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5786, 45.4458, 12.8312)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB249 #4965CE

analogous

#CE6F49 #CEB249 #A8CE49

triadic

#CEB249 #49CEB2 #B249CE

tetradic

#CEB249 #49CE6F #4965CE #CE49A8

square

#CEB249 #49CE6F #4965CE #CE49A8

split-complementary

#CEB249 #49A8CE #6F49CE

monochromatic

#7B6821 #AC912E #CEB249 #DBC679 #E8DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CEB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CEB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB249

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB249	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.127 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c880',
    500: '#ceb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb249;
$custom-light: #e0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76827,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB249

secondary

#9DA9D5

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB249

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

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