#CEA939#CEA939

#CEA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA939
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 2.05, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 59.91, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0001 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(40.3824, 41.7957, 9.8105)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA939 #395ECE

analogous

#CE5F39 #CEA939 #A8CE39

triadic

#CEA939 #39CEA9 #A939CE

tetradic

#CEA939 #39CE5F #395ECE #CE39A8

square

#CEA939 #39CE5F #395ECE #CE39A8

split-complementary

#CEA939 #39A8CE #5F39CE

monochromatic

#715C1C #A28428 #CEA939 #DABE6A #E6D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CEA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CEA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA939

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA939	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c276',
    500: '#cea939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea939;
$custom-light: #e1c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74849,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.41793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA939

secondary

#91A1D2

accent

#6CE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA939

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

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