#CEAC36#CEAC36

#CEAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC36
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 0.32, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 61.77, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0054 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.136 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8742, 42.8956, 9.6161)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC36 #3658CE

analogous

#CE6036 #CEAC36 #A4CE36

triadic

#CEAC36 #36CEAC #AC36CE

tetradic

#CEAC36 #36CE60 #3658CE #CE36A4

square

#CEAC36 #36CE60 #3658CE #CE36A4

split-complementary

#CEAC36 #36A4CE #6036CE

monochromatic

#6F5C1B #A08527 #CEAC36 #DAC067 #E6D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CEAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CEAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC36

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC36	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c475',
    500: '#ceac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac36;
$custom-light: #e1c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75438,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC36

secondary

#8E9DD2

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC36

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

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