#CEAB37#CEAB37

#CEAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB37
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 0.89, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 61.15, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0036 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.135 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7084, 42.5259, 9.6779)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB37 #375ACE

analogous

#CE5F37 #CEAB37 #A5CE37

triadic

#CEAB37 #37CEAB #AB37CE

tetradic

#CEAB37 #37CE5F #375ACE #CE37A5

square

#CEAB37 #37CE5F #375ACE #CE37A5

split-complementary

#CEAB37 #37A5CE #5F37CE

monochromatic

#6F5C1B #A08427 #CEAB37 #DAC068 #E6D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CEAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CEAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB37

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB37	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)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c375',
    500: '#ceab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab37;
$custom-light: #e1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75241,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB37

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB37

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

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