#CEB559#CEB559

#CEB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB559
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -2.30, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 49.47, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0088 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.116 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7824, 46.8929, 16.1943)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB559 #5972CE

analogous

#CE7A59 #CEB559 #ADCE59

triadic

#CEB559 #59CEB5 #B559CE

tetradic

#CEB559 #59CE7A #5972CE #CE59AD

square

#CEB559 #59CE7A #5972CE #CE59AD

split-complementary

#CEB559 #59ADCE #7A59CE

monochromatic

#857127 #B59935 #CEB559 #DCCA88 #EADFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CEB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CEB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB559

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB559	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca8b',
    500: '#ceb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb559;
$custom-light: #e0ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77617,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB559

secondary

#AAB4D9

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB559

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

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