#CEAD38#CEAD38

#CEAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD38
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -0.12, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 61.27, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0064 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.136 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1132, 43.2969, 9.9323)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD38 #3859CE

analogous

#CE6238 #CEAD38 #A4CE38

triadic

#CEAD38 #38CEAD #AD38CE

tetradic

#CEAD38 #38CE62 #3859CE #CE38A4

square

#CEAD38 #38CE62 #3859CE #CE38A4

split-complementary

#CEAD38 #38A4CE #6238CE

monochromatic

#705D1C #A18628 #CEAD38 #DAC169 #E6D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CEAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD38

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c576',
    500: '#cead38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead38;
$custom-light: #e1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD38

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD38

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

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