#CEB549#CEB549

#CEB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB549
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -3.41, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 56.65, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0139 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1820, 46.6527, 13.0324)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB549 #4962CE

analogous

#CE7349 #CEB549 #A4CE49

triadic

#CEB549 #49CEB5 #B549CE

tetradic

#CEB549 #49CE73 #4962CE #CE49A4

square

#CEB549 #49CE73 #4962CE #CE49A4

split-complementary

#CEB549 #49A4CE #7349CE

monochromatic

#7B6A21 #AC942E #CEB549 #DBC979 #E8DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CEB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#CEB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB549

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB549	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca81',
    500: '#ceb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb549;
$custom-light: #e0ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77446,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB549

secondary

#9DA8D5

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB549

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

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