#CEBB51#CEBB51

#CEBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEBB51
RGB	rgb(206, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -6.02, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 55.13, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0204 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7109, 49.2585, 14.9357)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEBB51 #5164CE

analogous

#CE7D51 #CEBB51 #A3CE51

triadic

#CEBB51 #51CEBB #BB51CE

tetradic

#CEBB51 #51CE7D #5164CE #CE51A3

square

#CEBB51 #51CE7D #5164CE #CE51A3

split-complementary

#CEBB51 #51A3CE #7D51CE

monochromatic

#807224 #B09D32 #CEBB51 #DBCE81 #E9E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CEBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#CEBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEBB51

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEBB51	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cebb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf86',
    500: '#cebb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cebb51;
$custom-light: #e0cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cebb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEBB51

secondary

#A4ABD7

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEBB51

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

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