#CEB949#CEB949

#CEB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB949
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -5.50, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 57.93, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0198 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0071, 48.3028, 13.3074)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB949 #495ECE

analogous

#CE7649 #CEB949 #A1CE49

triadic

#CEB949 #49CEB9 #B949CE

tetradic

#CEB949 #49CE76 #495ECE #CE49A1

square

#CEB949 #49CE76 #495ECE #CE49A1

split-complementary

#CEB949 #49A1CE #7649CE

monochromatic

#7B6D21 #AC982E #CEB949 #DBCC79 #E8DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#CEB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB949

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB949	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)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd81',
    500: '#ceb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb949;
$custom-light: #e0cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB949

secondary

#9DA6D5

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB949

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

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