#CEB941#CEB941

#CEB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB941
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -5.96, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 61.22, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0221 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7587, 48.2034, 11.9993)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB941 #4156CE

analogous

#CE7241 #CEB941 #9CCE41

triadic

#CEB941 #41CEB9 #B941CE

tetradic

#CEB941 #41CE72 #4156CE #CE419C

square

#CEB941 #41CE72 #4156CE #CE419C

split-complementary

#CEB941 #419CCE #7241CE

monochromatic

#76691E #A7942B #CEB941 #DBCB72 #E7DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CEB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB941

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB941	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)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7c',
    500: '#ceb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb941;
$custom-light: #e1cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78206,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB941

secondary

#97A0D4

accent

#5DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB941

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

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