#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
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 0.46, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 60.64, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0046 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.135 92)
XYZ	xyz(40.9469, 42.9247, 9.9987)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##CEAC39	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)

#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

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

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