#CEAA3C#CEAA3C

#CEAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA3C
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 1.66, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 58.97, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0008 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.131 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6462, 42.2000, 10.2786)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA3C #3C60CE

analogous

#CE613C #CEAA3C #A9CE3C

triadic

#CEAA3C #3CCEAA #AA3CCE

tetradic

#CEAA3C #3CCE61 #3C60CE #CE3CA9

square

#CEAA3C #3CCE61 #3C60CE #CE3CA9

split-complementary

#CEAA3C #3CA9CE #613CCE

monochromatic

#735E1D #A48529 #CEAA3C #DABF6D #E7D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CEAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CEAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA3C

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA3C	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c278',
    500: '#ceaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa3c;
$custom-light: #e1c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75076,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA3C

secondary

#93A3D3

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA3C

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

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