#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
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -3.87, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 50.47, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0133 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.118 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3990, 48.1260, 16.3998)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##CEB859	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)

#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

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

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