#CEB52E#CEB52E

#CEB52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB52E
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -4.74, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 66.90, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0206 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4728, 46.3690, 9.2972)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB52E #2E47CE

analogous

#CE652E #CEB52E #97CE2E

triadic

#CEB52E #2ECEB5 #B52ECE

tetradic

#CEB52E #2ECE65 #2E47CE #CE2E97

square

#CEB52E #2ECE65 #2E47CE #CE2E97

split-complementary

#CEB52E #2E97CE #652ECE

monochromatic

#6A5D18 #9C8923 #CEB52E #DBC85E #E6D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CEB52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CEB52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB52E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB52E	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca72',
    500: '#ceb52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb52e;
$custom-light: #e1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB52E

secondary

#8793D1

accent

#5BE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB52E

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

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