#CEB851#CEB851

#CEB851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB851
RGB	rgb(206, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.46, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 54.12, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0159 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0811, 47.9989, 14.7258)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB851 #5167CE

analogous

#CE7A51 #CEB851 #A6CE51

triadic

#CEB851 #51CEB8 #B851CE

tetradic

#CEB851 #51CE7A #5167CE #CE51A6

square

#CEB851 #51CE7A #5167CE #CE51A6

split-complementary

#CEB851 #51A6CE #7A51CE

monochromatic

#807024 #B09A32 #CEB851 #DBCB81 #E9DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CEB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CEB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB851

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB851	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd86',
    500: '#ceb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb851;
$custom-light: #e0cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78147,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB851

secondary

#A4ADD7

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB851

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

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