#CEAD36#CEAD36

#CEAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD36
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -0.21, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 62.02, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0069 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.137 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0653, 43.2777, 9.6798)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD36 #3657CE

analogous

#CE6136 #CEAD36 #A3CE36

triadic

#CEAD36 #36CEAD #AD36CE

tetradic

#CEAD36 #36CE61 #3657CE #CE36A3

square

#CEAD36 #36CE61 #3657CE #CE36A3

split-complementary

#CEAD36 #36A3CE #6136CE

monochromatic

#6F5C1B #A08627 #CEAD36 #DAC167 #E6D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CEAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CEAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD36

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD36	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c575',
    500: '#cead36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead36;
$custom-light: #e1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD36

secondary

#8E9DD2

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD36

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

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