#CEAC42#CEAC42

#CEAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC42
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 0.92, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 57.04, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0023 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.128 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.1916, 43.0226, 11.2878)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC42 #4264CE

analogous

#CE6642 #CEAC42 #AACE42

triadic

#CEAC42 #42CEAC #AC42CE

tetradic

#CEAC42 #42CE66 #4264CE #CE42AA

square

#CEAC42 #42CE66 #4264CE #CE42AA

split-complementary

#CEAC42 #42AACE #6642CE

monochromatic

#77611F #A7892B #CEAC42 #DBC173 #E7D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CEAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CEAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC42

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC42	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)

#BEAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c47c',
    500: '#ceac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac42;
$custom-light: #e1c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.4302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC42

secondary

#98A6D4

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC42

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

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