#CEAD35#CEAD35

#CEAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD35
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -0.26, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 62.39, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0071 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.138 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.0420, 43.2684, 9.5574)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD35 #3556CE

analogous

#CE6035 #CEAD35 #A2CE35

triadic

#CEAD35 #35CEAD #AD35CE

tetradic

#CEAD35 #35CE60 #3556CE #CE35A2

square

#CEAD35 #35CE60 #3556CE #CE35A2

split-complementary

#CEAD35 #35A2CE #6035CE

monochromatic

#6E5C1B #9F8527 #CEAD35 #DAC166 #E6D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CEAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CEAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD35

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD35	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)

#C0AA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c575',
    500: '#cead35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead35;
$custom-light: #e1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75635,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD35

secondary

#8D9CD1

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD35

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

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