#CEAB40#CEAB40

#CEAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB40
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 1.34, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 57.61, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0013 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.129 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9441, 42.6202, 10.9194)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB40 #4063CE

analogous

#CE6440 #CEAB40 #AACE40

triadic

#CEAB40 #40CEAB #AB40CE

tetradic

#CEAB40 #40CE64 #4063CE #CE40AA

square

#CEAB40 #40CE64 #4063CE #CE40AA

split-complementary

#CEAB40 #40AACE #6440CE

monochromatic

#75601E #A6882B #CEAB40 #DAC071 #E7D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CEAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CEAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB40

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB40	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c37a',
    500: '#ceab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab40;
$custom-light: #e1c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB40

secondary

#96A5D4

accent

#6CE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB40

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

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