#CEB856#CEB856

#CEB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB856
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -4.10, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 51.85, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0143 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2756, 48.0767, 15.7498)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB856 #566CCE

analogous

#CE7C56 #CEB856 #A8CE56

triadic

#CEB856 #56CEB8 #B856CE

tetradic

#CEB856 #56CE7C #566CCE #CE56A8

square

#CEB856 #56CE7C #566CCE #CE56A8

split-complementary

#CEB856 #56A8CE #7C56CE

monochromatic

#837226 #B39C34 #CEB856 #DCCC85 #EAE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CEB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CEB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB856

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB856	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#ceb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb856;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB856

secondary

#A8B1D8

accent

#65DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB856

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

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