#CEAA33#CEAA33

#CEAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA33
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 75.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 1.25, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 62.38, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.003 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.137 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4282, 42.1128, 9.1305)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA33 #3357CE

analogous

#CE5D33 #CEAA33 #A4CE33

triadic

#CEAA33 #33CEAA #AA33CE

tetradic

#CEAA33 #33CE5D #3357CE #CE33A4

square

#CEAA33 #33CE5D #3357CE #CE33A4

split-complementary

#CEAA33 #33A4CE #5D33CE

monochromatic

#6D591A #9E8226 #CEAA33 #DABF64 #E6D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CEAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA33

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA33	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c273',
    500: '#ceaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa33;
$custom-light: #e1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA33

secondary

#8C9CD1

accent

#69E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA33

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

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