#CEAA39#CEAA39

#CEAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA39
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 1.52, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 60.15, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0016 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.133 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5691, 42.1691, 9.8727)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA39 #395DCE

analogous

#CE6039 #CEAA39 #A8CE39

triadic

#CEAA39 #39CEAA #AA39CE

tetradic

#CEAA39 #39CE60 #395DCE #CE39A8

square

#CEAA39 #39CE60 #395DCE #CE39A8

split-complementary

#CEAA39 #39A8CE #6039CE

monochromatic

#715C1C #A28428 #CEAA39 #DABF6A #E6D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CEAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA39

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c276',
    500: '#ceaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa39;
$custom-light: #e1c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75052,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA39

secondary

#91A0D2

accent

#6BE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA39

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

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