#CEA938#CEA938

#CEA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA938
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 2.00, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.29, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0003 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.133 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3577, 41.7858, 9.6804)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA938 #385DCE

analogous

#CE5E38 #CEA938 #A8CE38

triadic

#CEA938 #38CEA9 #A938CE

tetradic

#CEA938 #38CE5E #385DCE #CE38A8

square

#CEA938 #38CE5E #385DCE #CE38A8

split-complementary

#CEA938 #38A8CE #5E38CE

monochromatic

#705B1C #A18328 #CEA938 #DABE69 #E6D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CEA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CEA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA938

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA938	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c276',
    500: '#cea938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea938;
$custom-light: #e1c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74842,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA938

secondary

#90A0D2

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA938

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

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