#CEB253#CEB253

#CEB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB253
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -1.17, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 51.29, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0062 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.119 93)
XYZ	xyz(42.9372, 45.5893, 14.7199)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB253 #536FCE

analogous

#CE7553 #CEB253 #ADCE53

triadic

#CEB253 #53CEB2 #B253CE

tetradic

#CEB253 #53CE75 #536FCE #CE53AD

square

#CEB253 #53CE75 #536FCE #CE53AD

split-complementary

#CEB253 #53ADCE #7553CE

monochromatic

#826D25 #B19433 #CEB253 #DCC783 #E9DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CEB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CEB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB253

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB253	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c887',
    500: '#ceb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb253;
$custom-light: #e0c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76931,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.45587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB253

secondary

#A5B1D8

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB253

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

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