#CEAC39#CEAC39

#CEAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CEAC39
RGBrgb(206, 172, 57)
HSLhsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.50, 0.46, 60.64)
CIE-LCHlch(71.50, 60.64, 89.57°)
OKLaboklab(75.46% -0.0046 0.1344)
OKLCHoklch(75.46% 0.135 92)
XYZxyz(40.9469, 42.9247, 9.9987)
Luminance0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CEAC39 #395BCE
analogous
#CE6239 #CEAC39 #A6CE39
triadic
#CEAC39 #39CEAC #AC39CE
tetradic
#CEAC39 #39CE62 #395BCE #CE39A6
square
#CEAC39 #39CE62 #395BCE #CE39A6
split-complementary
#CEAC39 #39A6CE #6239CE
monochromatic
#715D1C #A28628 #CEAC39 #DAC16A #E6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#CEAC39 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58
#CEAC39 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC39
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CEAC39#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CEAC391.002.199.589.58
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5821.001.001.00
##0000009.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA928
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B33F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DF9E95
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ceac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c477',
    500: '#ceac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ceac39;
$custom-light: #e1c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ceac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7546,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CEAC39
secondary
#91A0D2
accent
#69E344
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8ED
border
#D5D1C8
text
#161209
muted
#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC39

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#CEAC39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva