#CEAA36#CEAA36

#CEAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA36
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 1.38, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 61.28, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0023 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.135 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.4965, 42.1401, 9.4902)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA36 #365ACE

analogous

#CE5E36 #CEAA36 #A6CE36

triadic

#CEAA36 #36CEAA #AA36CE

tetradic

#CEAA36 #36CE5E #365ACE #CE36A6

square

#CEAA36 #36CE5E #365ACE #CE36A6

split-complementary

#CEAA36 #36A6CE #5E36CE

monochromatic

#6F5B1B #A08327 #CEAA36 #DABF67 #E6D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CEAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA36

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c275',
    500: '#ceaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa36;
$custom-light: #e1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA36

secondary

#8E9ED2

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA36

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

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