#CEB255#CEB255

#CEB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB255
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -1.03, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 50.38, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0056 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.117 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0155, 45.6206, 15.1325)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB255 #5571CE

analogous

#CE7655 #CEB255 #ADCE55

triadic

#CEB255 #55CEB2 #B255CE

tetradic

#CEB255 #55CE76 #5571CE #CE55AD

square

#CEB255 #55CE76 #5571CE #CE55AD

split-complementary

#CEB255 #55ADCE #7655CE

monochromatic

#836D26 #B29533 #CEB255 #DCC885 #E9DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CEB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CEB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB255

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB255	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c888',
    500: '#ceb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb255;
$custom-light: #e0c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76954,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB255

secondary

#A7B2D8

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB255

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

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