#CEB551#CEB551

#CEB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB551
RGB	rgb(206, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -2.89, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 53.14, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0114 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4645, 46.7657, 14.5202)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB551 #516ACE

analogous

#CE7751 #CEB551 #A9CE51

triadic

#CEB551 #51CEB5 #B551CE

tetradic

#CEB551 #51CE77 #516ACE #CE51A9

square

#CEB551 #51CE77 #516ACE #CE51A9

split-complementary

#CEB551 #51A9CE #7751CE

monochromatic

#806E24 #B09732 #CEB551 #DBC981 #E9DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CEB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#CEB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB551

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB551	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca85',
    500: '#ceb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb551;
$custom-light: #e0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77526,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB551

secondary

#A4AED7

accent

#67DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB551

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

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