#CEB557#CEB557

#CEB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB557
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -2.45, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 50.40, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0094 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.118 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6996, 46.8597, 15.7580)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB557 #5770CE

analogous

#CE7A57 #CEB557 #ACCE57

triadic

#CEB557 #57CEB5 #B557CE

tetradic

#CEB557 #57CE7A #5770CE #CE57AC

square

#CEB557 #57CE7A #5770CE #CE57AC

split-complementary

#CEB557 #57ACCE #7A57CE

monochromatic

#847027 #B39934 #CEB557 #DCCA86 #EADFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CEB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#CEB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB557

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB557	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca89',
    500: '#ceb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb557;
$custom-light: #e0ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77593,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB557

secondary

#A8B2D8

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB557

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

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