#CEB857#CEB857

#CEB857 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB857
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -4.03, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 51.39, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.014 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.12 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3161, 48.0929, 15.9635)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB857 #576DCE

analogous

#CE7D57 #CEB857 #A8CE57

triadic

#CEB857 #57CEB8 #B857CE

tetradic

#CEB857 #57CE7D #576DCE #CE57A8

square

#CEB857 #57CE7D #576DCE #CE57A8

split-complementary

#CEB857 #57A8CE #7D57CE

monochromatic

#847327 #B39C34 #CEB857 #DCCC86 #EAE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CEB857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CEB857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB857

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB857	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)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#ceb857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb857;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB857

secondary

#A8B1D8

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB857

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

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