#CEB440#CEB440

#CEB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB440
RGB	rgb(206, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -3.41, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 60.08, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0149 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7023, 46.1367, 11.5055)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB440 #405ACE

analogous

#CE6D40 #CEB440 #A1CE40

triadic

#CEB440 #40CEB4 #B440CE

tetradic

#CEB440 #40CE6D #405ACE #CE40A1

square

#CEB440 #40CE6D #405ACE #CE40A1

split-complementary

#CEB440 #40A1CE #6D40CE

monochromatic

#75651E #A6902B #CEB440 #DAC771 #E7DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CEB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#CEB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB440

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB440	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7b',
    500: '#ceb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb440;
$custom-light: #e1ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77159,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB440

secondary

#96A1D4

accent

#62E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB440

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

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