#CEAA35#CEAA35

#CEAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA35
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 1.33, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 61.65, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0026 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.136 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4732, 42.1308, 9.3678)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA35 #3559CE

analogous

#CE5D35 #CEAA35 #A6CE35

triadic

#CEAA35 #35CEAA #AA35CE

tetradic

#CEAA35 #35CE5D #3559CE #CE35A6

square

#CEAA35 #35CE5D #3559CE #CE35A6

split-complementary

#CEAA35 #35A6CE #5D35CE

monochromatic

#6E5A1B #9F8327 #CEAA35 #DABF66 #E6D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CEAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA35

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA35	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c274',
    500: '#ceaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa35;
$custom-light: #e1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA35

secondary

#8D9DD1

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA35

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

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