#CEB541#CEB541

#CEB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB541
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -3.87, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 59.98, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0161 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9337, 46.5534, 11.7243)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB541 #415ACE

analogous

#CE6E41 #CEB541 #A0CE41

triadic

#CEB541 #41CEB5 #B541CE

tetradic

#CEB541 #41CE6E #415ACE #CE41A0

square

#CEB541 #41CE6E #415ACE #CE41A0

split-complementary

#CEB541 #41A0CE #6E41CE

monochromatic

#76671E #A7912B #CEB541 #DBC872 #E7DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CEB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#CEB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB541

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB541	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7c',
    500: '#ceb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb541;
$custom-light: #e1ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77375,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB541

secondary

#97A2D4

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB541

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

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