#CEAD33#CEAD33

#CEAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD33
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -0.34, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 63.11, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0076 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.139 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9970, 43.2504, 9.3201)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD33 #3354CE

analogous

#CE5F33 #CEAD33 #A1CE33

triadic

#CEAD33 #33CEAD #AD33CE

tetradic

#CEAD33 #33CE5F #3354CE #CE33A1

square

#CEAD33 #33CE5F #3354CE #CE33A1

split-complementary

#CEAD33 #33A1CE #5F33CE

monochromatic

#6D5B1A #9E8426 #CEAD33 #DAC164 #E6D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CEAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CEAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD33

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD33	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c574',
    500: '#cead33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead33;
$custom-light: #e1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD33

secondary

#8C9BD1

accent

#66E443

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD33

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

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