#CEB957#CEB957

#CEB957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB957
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -4.55, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 51.73, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0155 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5246, 48.5098, 16.0330)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB957 #576CCE

analogous

#CE7E57 #CEB957 #A7CE57

triadic

#CEB957 #57CEB9 #B957CE

tetradic

#CEB957 #57CE7E #576CCE #CE57A7

square

#CEB957 #57CE7E #576CCE #CE57A7

split-complementary

#CEB957 #57A7CE #7E57CE

monochromatic

#847427 #B39D34 #CEB957 #DCCD86 #EAE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CEB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CEB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB957

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB957	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#ceb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb957;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7842,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB957

secondary

#A8B1D8

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB957

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

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