#CEB451#CEB451

#CEB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB451
RGB	rgb(206, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -2.36, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 52.82, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0099 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.122 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2619, 46.3605, 14.4527)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB451 #516BCE

analogous

#CE7651 #CEB451 #AACE51

triadic

#CEB451 #51CEB4 #B451CE

tetradic

#CEB451 #51CE76 #516BCE #CE51AA

square

#CEB451 #51CE76 #516BCE #CE51AA

split-complementary

#CEB451 #51AACE #7651CE

monochromatic

#806D24 #B09632 #CEB451 #DBC981 #E9DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CEB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CEB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB451

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB451	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca85',
    500: '#ceb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb451;
$custom-light: #e0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB451

secondary

#A4AED7

accent

#68DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB451

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

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