#CEA937#CEA937

#CEA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.134 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA937
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 1.96, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.67, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0006 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.134 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3334, 41.7761, 9.5529)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA937 #375CCE

analogous

#CE5D37 #CEA937 #A7CE37

triadic

#CEA937 #37CEA9 #A937CE

tetradic

#CEA937 #37CE5D #375CCE #CE37A7

square

#CEA937 #37CE5D #375CCE #CE37A7

split-complementary

#CEA937 #37A7CE #5D37CE

monochromatic

#6F5B1B #A08327 #CEA937 #DABE68 #E6D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CEA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CEA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA937

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA937	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.134 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c275',
    500: '#cea937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea937;
$custom-light: #e1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74834,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA937

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA937

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

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