#CEB251#CEB251

#CEB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB251
RGB	rgb(206, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -1.31, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 52.20, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0069 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.121 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8611, 45.5588, 14.3191)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB251 #516DCE

analogous

#CE7451 #CEB251 #ACCE51

triadic

#CEB251 #51CEB2 #B251CE

tetradic

#CEB251 #51CE74 #516DCE #CE51AC

square

#CEB251 #51CE74 #516DCE #CE51AC

split-complementary

#CEB251 #51ACCE #7451CE

monochromatic

#806C24 #B09432 #CEB251 #DBC781 #E9DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CEB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CEB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB251

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB251	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c885',
    500: '#ceb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb251;
$custom-light: #e0c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB251

secondary

#A4AFD7

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB251

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

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