#CEB841#CEB841

#CEB841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB841
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -5.44, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 60.90, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0206 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5502, 47.7865, 11.9298)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB841 #4157CE

analogous

#CE7141 #CEB841 #9ECE41

triadic

#CEB841 #41CEB8 #B841CE

tetradic

#CEB841 #41CE71 #4157CE #CE419E

square

#CEB841 #41CE71 #4157CE #CE419E

split-complementary

#CEB841 #419ECE #7141CE

monochromatic

#76681E #A7932B #CEB841 #DBCA72 #E7DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CEB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CEB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB841

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB841	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7c',
    500: '#ceb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb841;
$custom-light: #e1cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB841

secondary

#97A0D4

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB841

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

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