#CEB947#CEB947

#CEB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB947
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -5.62, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 58.77, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0204 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9418, 48.2767, 12.9638)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB947 #475CCE

analogous

#CE7647 #CEB947 #9FCE47

triadic

#CEB947 #47CEB9 #B947CE

tetradic

#CEB947 #47CE76 #475CCE #CE479F

square

#CEB947 #47CE76 #475CCE #CE479F

split-complementary

#CEB947 #479FCE #7647CE

monochromatic

#7A6C21 #AA972D #CEB947 #DBCB77 #E8DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#CEB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB947

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB947	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd80',
    500: '#ceb947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb947;
$custom-light: #e0cd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB947

secondary

#9CA5D5

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB947

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

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