#CEB956#CEB956

#CEB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB956
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -4.62, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 52.19, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0158 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4840, 48.4936, 15.8193)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB956 #566BCE

analogous

#CE7D56 #CEB956 #A7CE56

triadic

#CEB956 #56CEB9 #B956CE

tetradic

#CEB956 #56CE7D #566BCE #CE56A7

square

#CEB956 #56CE7D #566BCE #CE56A7

split-complementary

#CEB956 #56A7CE #7D56CE

monochromatic

#837326 #B39D34 #CEB956 #DCCD85 #EAE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CEB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CEB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB956

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB956	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)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#ceb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb956;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78409,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB956

secondary

#A8B0D8

accent

#63DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB956

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

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