#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
RGBrgb(206, 169, 54)
HSLhsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSVhsv(45, 74%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.71, 1.91, 61.02)
CIE-LCHlch(70.71, 61.05, 88.21°)
OKLaboklab(74.83% -0.0008 0.1347)
OKLCHoklch(74.83% 0.135 90.3)
XYZxyz(40.3097, 41.7666, 9.4279)
Luminance0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CEA9361.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

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

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#CEA936 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva