#CEAA34#CEAA34

#CEAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA34
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 1.29, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 62.02, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0028 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.136 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4505, 42.1217, 9.2479)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA34 #3458CE

analogous

#CE5D34 #CEAA34 #A5CE34

triadic

#CEAA34 #34CEAA #AA34CE

tetradic

#CEAA34 #34CE5D #3458CE #CE34A5

square

#CEAA34 #34CE5D #3458CE #CE34A5

split-complementary

#CEAA34 #34A5CE #5D34CE

monochromatic

#6D5A1A #9F8226 #CEAA34 #DABF65 #E6D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CEAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA34

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA34	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)

#BDA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c274',
    500: '#ceaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa34;
$custom-light: #e1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA34

secondary

#8D9DD1

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA34

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

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