#CEBA59#CEBA59

#CEBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBA59
RGB	rgb(206, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -4.92, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 51.16, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0163 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8174, 48.9628, 16.5393)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBA59 #596DCE

analogous

#CE8059 #CEBA59 #A7CE59

triadic

#CEBA59 #59CEBA #BA59CE

tetradic

#CEBA59 #59CE80 #596DCE #CE59A7

square

#CEBA59 #59CE80 #596DCE #CE59A7

split-complementary

#CEBA59 #59A7CE #8059CE

monochromatic

#857527 #B59F35 #CEBA59 #DCCE88 #EAE1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CEBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CEBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBA59

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBA59	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce8b',
    500: '#ceba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceba59;
$custom-light: #e0ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBA59

secondary

#AAB2D9

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBA59

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

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