#CEAB36#CEAB36

#CEAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB36
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 0.85, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 61.52, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0039 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.136 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6846, 42.5164, 9.5529)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB36 #3659CE

analogous

#CE5F36 #CEAB36 #A5CE36

triadic

#CEAB36 #36CEAB #AB36CE

tetradic

#CEAB36 #36CE5F #3659CE #CE36A5

square

#CEAB36 #36CE5F #3659CE #CE36A5

split-complementary

#CEAB36 #36A5CE #5F36CE

monochromatic

#6F5B1B #A08427 #CEAB36 #DAC067 #E6D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CEAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CEAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB36

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB36	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)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c375',
    500: '#ceab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab36;
$custom-light: #e1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75234,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB36

secondary

#8E9ED2

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB36

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

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