#CEAC46#CEAC46

#CEAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAC46
RGB	rgb(206, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 1.15, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 55.35, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0011 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.125 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3137, 43.0714, 11.9307)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAC46 #4668CE

analogous

#CE6846 #CEAC46 #ACCE46

triadic

#CEAC46 #46CEAC #AC46CE

tetradic

#CEAC46 #46CE68 #4668CE #CE46AC

square

#CEAC46 #46CE68 #4668CE #CE46AC

split-complementary

#CEAC46 #46ACCE #6846CE

monochromatic

#796320 #AA8B2D #CEAC46 #DBC276 #E8D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CEAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CEAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAC46

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAC46	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)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47e',
    500: '#ceac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceac46;
$custom-light: #e0c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAC46

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAC46

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

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