#CEB842#CEB842

#CEB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB842
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -5.38, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 60.50, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0203 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5795, 47.7982, 12.0837)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB842 #4258CE

analogous

#CE7242 #CEB842 #9ECE42

triadic

#CEB842 #42CEB8 #B842CE

tetradic

#CEB842 #42CE72 #4258CE #CE429E

square

#CEB842 #42CE72 #4258CE #CE429E

split-complementary

#CEB842 #429ECE #7242CE

monochromatic

#77691F #A7942B #CEB842 #DBCA73 #E7DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CEB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CEB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB842

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB842	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)

#CAB332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7d',
    500: '#ceb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb842;
$custom-light: #e0cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB842

secondary

#98A1D4

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB842

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

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