#CEB256#CEB256

#CEB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB256
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -0.95, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 49.91, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0052 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.116 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0555, 45.6366, 15.3432)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB256 #5672CE

analogous

#CE7656 #CEB256 #AECE56

triadic

#CEB256 #56CEB2 #B256CE

tetradic

#CEB256 #56CE76 #5672CE #CE56AE

square

#CEB256 #56CE76 #5672CE #CE56AE

split-complementary

#CEB256 #56AECE #7656CE

monochromatic

#836E26 #B39534 #CEB256 #DCC885 #EADDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CEB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CEB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB256

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB256	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c888',
    500: '#ceb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb256;
$custom-light: #e0c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB256

secondary

#A8B3D8

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB256

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

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