#CEBA55#CEBA55

#CEBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA55
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -5.22, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 52.99, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0176 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6539, 48.8974, 15.6786)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA55 #5569CE

analogous

#CE7E55 #CEBA55 #A5CE55

triadic

#CEBA55 #55CEBA #BA55CE

tetradic

#CEBA55 #55CE7E #5569CE #CE55A5

square

#CEBA55 #55CE7E #5569CE #CE55A5

split-complementary

#CEBA55 #55A5CE #7E55CE

monochromatic

#837326 #B29D33 #CEBA55 #DCCD85 #E9E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CEBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CEBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA55

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA55	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce88',
    500: '#ceba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba55;
$custom-light: #e0ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78606,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA55

secondary

#A7AFD8

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA55

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

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