#CEB955#CEB955

#CEB955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB955
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -4.69, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 52.65, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0161 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.122 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4440, 48.4776, 15.6086)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB955 #556ACE

analogous

#CE7D55 #CEB955 #A6CE55

triadic

#CEB955 #55CEB9 #B955CE

tetradic

#CEB955 #55CE7D #556ACE #CE55A6

square

#CEB955 #55CE7D #556ACE #CE55A6

split-complementary

#CEB955 #55A6CE #7D55CE

monochromatic

#837326 #B29C33 #CEB955 #DCCD85 #E9E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CEB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CEB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB955

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB955	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd88',
    500: '#ceb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb955;
$custom-light: #e0cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78398,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB955

secondary

#A7AFD8

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB955

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

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