#CEB53D#CEB53D

#CEB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB53D
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -4.08, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 61.56, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0172 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8219, 46.5087, 11.1355)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB53D #3D56CE

analogous

#CE6C3D #CEB53D #9FCE3D

triadic

#CEB53D #3DCEB5 #B53DCE

tetradic

#CEB53D #3DCE6C #3D56CE #CE3D9F

square

#CEB53D #3DCE6C #3D56CE #CE3D9F

split-complementary

#CEB53D #3D9FCE #6C3DCE

monochromatic

#73651D #A48F29 #CEB53D #DAC86E #E7DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CEB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CEB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB53D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB53D	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7a',
    500: '#ceb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb53d;
$custom-light: #e1ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77343,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB53D

secondary

#949FD3

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB53D

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

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