#CEB252#CEB252

#CEB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB252
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -1.24, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 51.75, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0065 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.12 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8989, 45.5740, 14.5180)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB252 #526ECE

analogous

#CE7452 #CEB252 #ACCE52

triadic

#CEB252 #52CEB2 #B252CE

tetradic

#CEB252 #52CE74 #526ECE #CE52AC

square

#CEB252 #52CE74 #526ECE #CE52AC

split-complementary

#CEB252 #52ACCE #7452CE

monochromatic

#816C25 #B19432 #CEB252 #DCC782 #E9DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CEB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CEB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB252

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB252	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c886',
    500: '#ceb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb252;
$custom-light: #e0c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB252

secondary

#A4B0D7

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB252

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →