#CEAC40#CEAC40

#CEAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC40
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 0.81, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 57.86, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0028 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1337, 42.9994, 10.9826)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC40 #4062CE

analogous

#CE6540 #CEAC40 #A9CE40

triadic

#CEAC40 #40CEAC #AC40CE

tetradic

#CEAC40 #40CE65 #4062CE #CE40A9

square

#CEAC40 #40CE65 #4062CE #CE40A9

split-complementary

#CEAC40 #40A9CE #6540CE

monochromatic

#75611E #A6892B #CEAC40 #DAC171 #E7D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CEAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CEAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC40

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC40	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c47b',
    500: '#ceac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac40;
$custom-light: #e1c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC40

secondary

#96A5D4

accent

#6BE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC40

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

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