#CEAB33#CEAB33

#CEAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB33
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 0.72, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 62.62, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0045 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.138 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6164, 42.4891, 9.1932)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB33 #3356CE

analogous

#CE5E33 #CEAB33 #A3CE33

triadic

#CEAB33 #33CEAB #AB33CE

tetradic

#CEAB33 #33CE5E #3356CE #CE33A3

square

#CEAB33 #33CE5E #3356CE #CE33A3

split-complementary

#CEAB33 #33A3CE #5E33CE

monochromatic

#6D5A1A #9E8326 #CEAB33 #DABF64 #E6D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CEAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CEAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB33

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB33	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c373',
    500: '#ceab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab33;
$custom-light: #e1c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB33

secondary

#8C9BD1

accent

#68E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB33

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

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