#CEB83D#CEB83D

#CEB83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB83D
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -5.65, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 62.47, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0216 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4384, 47.7418, 11.3410)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB83D #3D53CE

analogous

#CE703D #CEB83D #9BCE3D

triadic

#CEB83D #3DCEB8 #B83DCE

tetradic

#CEB83D #3DCE70 #3D53CE #CE3D9B

square

#CEB83D #3DCE70 #3D53CE #CE3D9B

split-complementary

#CEB83D #3D9BCE #703DCE

monochromatic

#73661D #A49229 #CEB83D #DACA6E #E7DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CEB83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CEB83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB83D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB83D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7a',
    500: '#ceb83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb83d;
$custom-light: #e1cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB83D

secondary

#949DD3

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB83D

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

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