#CEB259#CEB259

#CEB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB259
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -0.72, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 48.52, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0042 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.114 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1790, 45.6860, 15.9932)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB259 #5975CE

analogous

#CE7759 #CEB259 #AFCE59

triadic

#CEB259 #59CEB2 #B259CE

tetradic

#CEB259 #59CE77 #5975CE #CE59AF

square

#CEB259 #59CE77 #5975CE #CE59AF

split-complementary

#CEB259 #59AFCE #7759CE

monochromatic

#856F27 #B59635 #CEB259 #DCC888 #EADEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CEB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CEB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB259

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB259	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c88a',
    500: '#ceb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb259;
$custom-light: #e0c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB259

secondary

#AAB5D9

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB259

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

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