#CEAD37#CEAD37

#CEAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD37
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -0.17, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 61.65, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0066 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.136 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0890, 43.2872, 9.8047)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD37 #3758CE

analogous

#CE6137 #CEAD37 #A4CE37

triadic

#CEAD37 #37CEAD #AD37CE

tetradic

#CEAD37 #37CE61 #3758CE #CE37A4

square

#CEAD37 #37CE61 #3758CE #CE37A4

split-complementary

#CEAD37 #37A4CE #6137CE

monochromatic

#6F5D1B #A08627 #CEAD37 #DAC168 #E6D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CEAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD37

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD37	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c576',
    500: '#cead37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead37;
$custom-light: #e1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75649,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD37

secondary

#8F9ED2

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD37

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

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