#CEA836#CEA836

#CEA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA836
RGB	rgb(206, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 2.44, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 60.82, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0007 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.134 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1244, 41.3960, 9.3662)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA836 #365CCE

analogous

#CE5C36 #CEA836 #A8CE36

triadic

#CEA836 #36CEA8 #A836CE

tetradic

#CEA836 #36CE5C #365CCE #CE36A8

square

#CEA836 #36CE5C #365CCE #CE36A8

split-complementary

#CEA836 #36A8CE #5C36CE

monochromatic

#6F5A1B #A08227 #CEA836 #DABD67 #E6D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CEA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CEA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA836

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA836	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c175',
    500: '#cea836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea836;
$custom-light: #e1c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74624,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA836

secondary

#8E9FD2

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA836

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

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