#CEAB42#CEAB42

#CEAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAB42
RGB	rgb(206, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 1.45, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 56.78, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0007 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.128 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0020, 42.6434, 11.2246)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAB42 #4265CE

analogous

#CE6542 #CEAB42 #ABCE42

triadic

#CEAB42 #42CEAB #AB42CE

tetradic

#CEAB42 #42CE65 #4265CE #CE42AB

square

#CEAB42 #42CE65 #4265CE #CE42AB

split-complementary

#CEAB42 #42ABCE #6542CE

monochromatic

#77611F #A7882B #CEAB42 #DBC173 #E7D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CEAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CEAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAB42

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAB42	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c37c',
    500: '#ceab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceab42;
$custom-light: #e1c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAB42

secondary

#98A7D4

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAB42

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

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