#CEAC44#CEAC44

#CEAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC44
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 1.03, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 56.20, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0017 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.127 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2516, 43.0466, 11.6038)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC44 #4466CE

analogous

#CE6744 #CEAC44 #ABCE44

triadic

#CEAC44 #44CEAC #AC44CE

tetradic

#CEAC44 #44CE67 #4466CE #CE44AB

square

#CEAC44 #44CE67 #4466CE #CE44AB

split-complementary

#CEAC44 #44ABCE #6744CE

monochromatic

#78621F #A98A2C #CEAC44 #DBC274 #E7D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CEAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CEAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC44

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC44	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c47d',
    500: '#ceac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac44;
$custom-light: #e1c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC44

secondary

#99A8D4

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC44

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

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