#CEAA3B#CEAA3B

#CEAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA3B
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 1.61, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 59.37, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0011 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.132 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6200, 42.1895, 10.1407)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA3B #3B5FCE

analogous

#CE613B #CEAA3B #A9CE3B

triadic

#CEAA3B #3BCEAA #AA3BCE

tetradic

#CEAA3B #3BCE61 #3B5FCE #CE3BA9

square

#CEAA3B #3BCE61 #3B5FCE #CE3BA9

split-complementary

#CEAA3B #3BA9CE #613BCE

monochromatic

#725D1D #A38529 #CEAA3B #DABF6C #E6D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CEAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA3B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA3B	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c278',
    500: '#ceaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa3b;
$custom-light: #e1c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA3B

secondary

#92A2D3

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA3B

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

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