#CEB859#CEB859

#CEB859 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CEB859
RGBrgb(206, 184, 89)
HSLhsl(49, 54%, 58%)
HSVhsv(49, 57%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.90, -3.87, 50.32)
CIE-LCHlch(74.90, 50.47, 94.40°)
OKLaboklab(78.24% -0.0133 0.1173)
OKLCHoklch(78.24% 0.118 96.5)
XYZxyz(44.3990, 48.1260, 16.3998)
Luminance0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CEB859 #596FCE
analogous
#CE7D59 #CEB859 #A9CE59
triadic
#CEB859 #59CEB8 #B859CE
tetradic
#CEB859 #59CE7D #596FCE #CE59A9
square
#CEB859 #59CE7D #596FCE #CE59A9
split-complementary
#CEB859 #59A9CE #7D59CE
monochromatic
#857427 #B59D35 #CEB859 #DCCC88 #EAE0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#CEB859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62
#CEB859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB859
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CEB859#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CEB8591.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B450
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBC5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DDACA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ceb859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd8b',
    500: '#ceb859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ceb859;
$custom-light: #e0cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ceb859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78236,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CEB859
secondary
#AAB3D9
accent
#66DE4A
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FCF8F0
border
#D5D1CB
text
#16130C
muted
#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB859

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#CEB859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva