#CEAB39#CEAB39

#CEAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB39
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 0.99, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 60.39, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0031 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.134 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7573, 42.5455, 9.9355)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB39 #395CCE

analogous

#CE6139 #CEAB39 #A7CE39

triadic

#CEAB39 #39CEAB #AB39CE

tetradic

#CEAB39 #39CE61 #395CCE #CE39A7

square

#CEAB39 #39CE61 #395CCE #CE39A7

split-complementary

#CEAB39 #39A7CE #6139CE

monochromatic

#715D1C #A28528 #CEAB39 #DAC06A #E6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CEAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CEAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB39

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB39	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c376',
    500: '#ceab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab39;
$custom-light: #e1c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB39

secondary

#91A0D2

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB39

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

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