#CEB940#CEB940

#CEB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB940
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -6.01, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 61.61, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0223 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7300, 48.1920, 11.8481)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB940 #4055CE

analogous

#CE7240 #CEB940 #9CCE40

triadic

#CEB940 #40CEB9 #B940CE

tetradic

#CEB940 #40CE72 #4055CE #CE409C

square

#CEB940 #40CE72 #4055CE #CE409C

split-complementary

#CEB940 #409CCE #7240CE

monochromatic

#75691E #A6942B #CEB940 #DACB71 #E7DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CEB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB940

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB940	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7c',
    500: '#ceb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb940;
$custom-light: #e1cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78198,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB940

secondary

#969FD4

accent

#5DE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB940

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

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