#CEA935#CEA935

#CEA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA935
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 1.87, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 61.42, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.001 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.135 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2865, 41.7573, 9.3055)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA935 #355ACE

analogous

#CE5C35 #CEA935 #A6CE35

triadic

#CEA935 #35CEA9 #A935CE

tetradic

#CEA935 #35CE5C #355ACE #CE35A6

square

#CEA935 #35CE5C #355ACE #CE35A6

split-complementary

#CEA935 #35A6CE #5C35CE

monochromatic

#6E5A1B #9F8227 #CEA935 #DABE66 #E6D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CEA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CEA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA935

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA935	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c274',
    500: '#cea935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea935;
$custom-light: #e1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA935

secondary

#8D9ED1

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA935

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

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