#CEB42E#CEB42E

#CEB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB42E
RGB	rgb(206, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -4.22, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 66.63, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0191 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.146 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2702, 45.9638, 9.2297)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB42E #2E48CE

analogous

#CE642E #CEB42E #98CE2E

triadic

#CEB42E #2ECEB4 #B42ECE

tetradic

#CEB42E #2ECE64 #2E48CE #CE2E98

square

#CEB42E #2ECE64 #2E48CE #CE2E98

split-complementary

#CEB42E #2E98CE #642ECE

monochromatic

#6A5D18 #9C8823 #CEB42E #DBC75E #E6D890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CEB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CEB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB42E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB42E	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca72',
    500: '#ceb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb42e;
$custom-light: #e1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB42E

secondary

#8793D1

accent

#5CE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB42E

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

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