#CEB542#CEB542

#CEB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB542
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -3.82, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 59.58, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0159 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9629, 46.5651, 11.8782)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB542 #425BCE

analogous

#CE6F42 #CEB542 #A1CE42

triadic

#CEB542 #42CEB5 #B542CE

tetradic

#CEB542 #42CE6F #425BCE #CE42A1

square

#CEB542 #42CE6F #425BCE #CE42A1

split-complementary

#CEB542 #42A1CE #6F42CE

monochromatic

#77671F #A7912B #CEB542 #DBC873 #E7DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CEB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#CEB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB542

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB542	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)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7c',
    500: '#ceb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb542;
$custom-light: #e1ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77383,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB542

secondary

#98A3D4

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB542

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

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