#CEB849#CEB849

#CEB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB849
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -4.98, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 57.61, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0184 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(43.7986, 47.8859, 13.2379)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB849 #495FCE

analogous

#CE7549 #CEB849 #A2CE49

triadic

#CEB849 #49CEB8 #B849CE

tetradic

#CEB849 #49CE75 #495FCE #CE49A2

square

#CEB849 #49CE75 #495FCE #CE49A2

split-complementary

#CEB849 #49A2CE #7549CE

monochromatic

#7B6C21 #AC972E #CEB849 #DBCB79 #E8DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CEB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CEB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB849

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB849	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd81',
    500: '#ceb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb849;
$custom-light: #e0cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78068,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.47884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB849

secondary

#9DA7D5

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB849

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

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