#CEBA56#CEBA56

#CEBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA56
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -5.14, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 52.54, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0173 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.122 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6939, 48.9134, 15.8893)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA56 #566ACE

analogous

#CE7E56 #CEBA56 #A6CE56

triadic

#CEBA56 #56CEBA #BA56CE

tetradic

#CEBA56 #56CE7E #566ACE #CE56A6

square

#CEBA56 #56CE7E #566ACE #CE56A6

split-complementary

#CEBA56 #56A6CE #7E56CE

monochromatic

#837426 #B39E34 #CEBA56 #DCCD85 #EAE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CEBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CEBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA56

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce89',
    500: '#ceba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba56;
$custom-light: #e0ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA56

secondary

#A8B0D8

accent

#62DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →