Mustard (survey)#CEB301

#CEB301 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.158 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Mustard (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CEB301
RGB	rgb(206, 179, 1)
HSL	hsl(52, 99%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 100%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 99.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -4.62, 75.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 75.27, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0227 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.158 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5816, 45.3665, 6.5952)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB301 #011CCE

analogous

#CE4D01 #CEB301 #82CE01

triadic

#CEB301 #01CEB3 #B301CE

tetradic

#CEB301 #01CE4D #011CCE #CE0182

square

#CEB301 #01CE4D #011CCE #CE0182

split-complementary

#CEB301 #0182CE #4D01CE

monochromatic

#544900 #917E01 #CEB301 #FEDE0E #FEE74B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CEB301 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CEB301 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB301

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB301	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB301	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C7AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB71D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb301;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 179, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.158 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c965',
    500: '#ceb301',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb301;
$custom-light: #e2c965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb301",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.098,
    "s": 99.034,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76686,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB301

secondary

#4C5FDF

accent

#45FF29

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EB

border

#D5D1C6

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB301

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

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