#CEB051#CEB051

#CEB051 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB051
RGB	rgb(206, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -0.26, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 51.61, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0038 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.119 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4661, 44.7688, 14.1874)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB051 #516FCE

analogous

#CE7251 #CEB051 #AECE51

triadic

#CEB051 #51CEB0 #B051CE

tetradic

#CEB051 #51CE72 #516FCE #CE51AE

square

#CEB051 #51CE72 #516FCE #CE51AE

split-complementary

#CEB051 #51AECE #7251CE

monochromatic

#806A24 #B09232 #CEB051 #DBC681 #E9DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CEB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CEB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB051

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB051	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c785',
    500: '#ceb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb051;
$custom-light: #e0c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB051

secondary

#A4B0D7

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB051

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

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