#CEB942#CEB942

#CEB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB942
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -5.90, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 60.82, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0218 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7879, 48.2151, 12.1532)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB942 #4257CE

analogous

#CE7342 #CEB942 #9DCE42

triadic

#CEB942 #42CEB9 #B942CE

tetradic

#CEB942 #42CE73 #4257CE #CE429D

square

#CEB942 #42CE73 #4257CE #CE429D

split-complementary

#CEB942 #429DCE #7342CE

monochromatic

#776A1F #A7952B #CEB942 #DBCB73 #E7DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CEB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB942

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB942	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)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7d',
    500: '#ceb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb942;
$custom-light: #e0cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78215,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB942

secondary

#98A1D4

accent

#5DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB942

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

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