#CEBA40#CEBA40

#CEBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA40
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -6.53, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 61.93, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9399, 48.6118, 11.9180)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA40 #4054CE

analogous

#CE7340 #CEBA40 #9BCE40

triadic

#CEBA40 #40CEBA #BA40CE

tetradic

#CEBA40 #40CE73 #4054CE #CE409B

square

#CEBA40 #40CE73 #4054CE #CE409B

split-complementary

#CEBA40 #409BCE #7340CE

monochromatic

#75691E #A6952B #CEBA40 #DACC71 #E7DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CEBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CEBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA40

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA40	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ce7c',
    500: '#ceba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba40;
$custom-light: #e1ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78407,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA40

secondary

#969FD4

accent

#5CE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA40

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

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