#CEB449#CEB449

#CEB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB449
RGB	rgb(206, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -2.89, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 56.35, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0124 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9794, 46.2475, 12.9648)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB449 #4963CE

analogous

#CE7249 #CEB449 #A5CE49

triadic

#CEB449 #49CEB4 #B449CE

tetradic

#CEB449 #49CE72 #4963CE #CE49A5

square

#CEB449 #49CE72 #4963CE #CE49A5

split-complementary

#CEB449 #49A5CE #7249CE

monochromatic

#7B6A21 #AC932E #CEB449 #DBC879 #E8DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CEB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#CEB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB449

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB449	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca80',
    500: '#ceb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb449;
$custom-light: #e0ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77239,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB449

secondary

#9DA8D5

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB449

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

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