#CEBA49#CEBA49

#CEBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA49
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -6.02, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 58.26, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0213 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2170, 48.7226, 13.3774)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA49 #495DCE

analogous

#CE7749 #CEBA49 #A0CE49

triadic

#CEBA49 #49CEBA #BA49CE

tetradic

#CEBA49 #49CE77 #495DCE #CE49A0

square

#CEBA49 #49CE77 #495DCE #CE49A0

split-complementary

#CEBA49 #49A0CE #7749CE

monochromatic

#7B6E21 #AC992E #CEBA49 #DBCC79 #E8DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CEBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CEBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA49

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA49	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce81',
    500: '#ceba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba49;
$custom-light: #e0ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA49

secondary

#9DA6D5

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA49

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

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