#CEB855#CEB855

#CEB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB855
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -4.17, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 52.31, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0146 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2355, 48.0606, 15.5391)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB855 #556BCE

analogous

#CE7C55 #CEB855 #A8CE55

triadic

#CEB855 #55CEB8 #B855CE

tetradic

#CEB855 #55CE7C #556BCE #CE55A8

square

#CEB855 #55CE7C #556BCE #CE55A8

split-complementary

#CEB855 #55A8CE #7C55CE

monochromatic

#837226 #B29B33 #CEB855 #DCCC85 #E9E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CEB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CEB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB855

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB855	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd88',
    500: '#ceb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb855;
$custom-light: #e0cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB855

secondary

#A7B0D8

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB855

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

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