#CEAA37#CEAA37

#CEAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA37
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 1.42, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 60.91, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0021 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.135 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5202, 42.1496, 9.6151)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA37 #375BCE

analogous

#CE5E37 #CEAA37 #A7CE37

triadic

#CEAA37 #37CEAA #AA37CE

tetradic

#CEAA37 #37CE5E #375BCE #CE37A7

square

#CEAA37 #37CE5E #375BCE #CE37A7

split-complementary

#CEAA37 #37A7CE #5E37CE

monochromatic

#6F5B1B #A08427 #CEAA37 #DABF68 #E6D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CEAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA37

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c275',
    500: '#ceaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa37;
$custom-light: #e1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75037,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA37

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA37

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

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