#CEAC38#CEAC38

#CEAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC38
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 0.41, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 61.02, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0049 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9222, 42.9148, 9.8686)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC38 #385ACE

analogous

#CE6138 #CEAC38 #A5CE38

triadic

#CEAC38 #38CEAC #AC38CE

tetradic

#CEAC38 #38CE61 #385ACE #CE38A5

square

#CEAC38 #38CE61 #385ACE #CE38A5

split-complementary

#CEAC38 #38A5CE #6138CE

monochromatic

#705D1C #A18628 #CEAC38 #DAC069 #E6D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CEAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CEAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC38

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC38	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)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c476',
    500: '#ceac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac38;
$custom-light: #e1c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC38

secondary

#909FD2

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC38

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

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