#CEA936#CEA936

#CEA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA936
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 1.91, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 61.05, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0008 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.135 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3097, 41.7666, 9.4279)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA936 #365BCE

analogous

#CE5D36 #CEA936 #A7CE36

triadic

#CEA936 #36CEA9 #A936CE

tetradic

#CEA936 #36CE5D #365BCE #CE36A7

square

#CEA936 #36CE5D #365BCE #CE36A7

split-complementary

#CEA936 #36A7CE #5D36CE

monochromatic

#6F5A1B #A08227 #CEA936 #DABE67 #E6D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CEA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CEA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA936

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA936	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)

#BCA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c275',
    500: '#cea936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea936;
$custom-light: #e1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA936

secondary

#8E9FD2

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA936

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

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