#CEBA42#CEBA42

#CEBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA42
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -6.42, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 61.14, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0233 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9978, 48.6350, 12.2232)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA42 #4256CE

analogous

#CE7442 #CEBA42 #9CCE42

triadic

#CEBA42 #42CEBA #BA42CE

tetradic

#CEBA42 #42CE74 #4256CE #CE429C

square

#CEBA42 #42CE74 #4256CE #CE429C

split-complementary

#CEBA42 #429CCE #7442CE

monochromatic

#776A1F #A7962B #CEBA42 #DBCC73 #E7DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CEBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CEBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA42

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA42	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7d',
    500: '#ceba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba42;
$custom-light: #e0ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78423,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA42

secondary

#98A0D4

accent

#5CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA42

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

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