#CEB951#CEB951

#CEB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEB951
RGB	rgb(206, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -4.98, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 54.45, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0174 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(44.2896, 48.4158, 14.7953)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEB951 #5166CE

analogous

#CE7B51 #CEB951 #A5CE51

triadic

#CEB951 #51CEB9 #B951CE

tetradic

#CEB951 #51CE7B #5166CE #CE51A5

square

#CEB951 #51CE7B #5166CE #CE51A5

split-complementary

#CEB951 #51A5CE #7B51CE

monochromatic

#807124 #B09B32 #CEB951 #DBCC81 #E9DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CEB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#CEB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEB951

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEB951	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd86',
    500: '#ceb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceb951;
$custom-light: #e0cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78355,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.48414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEB951

secondary

#A4ACD7

accent

#62DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEB951

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

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