#CEAD39#CEAD39

#CEAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD39
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -0.07, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 60.89, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0062 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.135 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1379, 43.3068, 10.0623)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD39 #395ACE

analogous

#CE6339 #CEAD39 #A5CE39

triadic

#CEAD39 #39CEAD #AD39CE

tetradic

#CEAD39 #39CE63 #395ACE #CE39A5

square

#CEAD39 #39CE63 #395ACE #CE39A5

split-complementary

#CEAD39 #39A5CE #6339CE

monochromatic

#715E1C #A28728 #CEAD39 #DAC16A #E6D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CEAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD39

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c577',
    500: '#cead39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead39;
$custom-light: #e1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD39

secondary

#919FD2

accent

#68E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD39

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

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