#CEAC45#CEAC45

#CEAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC45
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 1.09, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 55.77, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0014 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.126 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2824, 43.0589, 11.7659)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC45 #4567CE

analogous

#CE6845 #CEAC45 #ACCE45

triadic

#CEAC45 #45CEAC #AC45CE

tetradic

#CEAC45 #45CE68 #4567CE #CE45AC

square

#CEAC45 #45CE68 #4567CE #CE45AC

split-complementary

#CEAC45 #45ACCE #6845CE

monochromatic

#796320 #A98A2D #CEAC45 #DBC275 #E8D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CEAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CEAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC45

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC45	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BEAA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c47d',
    500: '#ceac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac45;
$custom-light: #e1c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC45

secondary

#9AA9D5

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC45

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

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