#CEAD3E#CEAD3E

#CEAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD3E
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 0.18, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 58.93, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0049 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.132 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2689, 43.3591, 10.7519)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD3E #3E5FCE

analogous

#CE653E #CEAD3E #A7CE3E

triadic

#CEAD3E #3ECEAD #AD3ECE

tetradic

#CEAD3E #3ECE65 #3E5FCE #CE3EA7

square

#CEAD3E #3ECE65 #3E5FCE #CE3EA7

split-complementary

#CEAD3E #3EA7CE #653ECE

monochromatic

#74601D #A5892A #CEAD3E #DAC26F #E7D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CEAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD3E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD3E	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c579',
    500: '#cead3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead3e;
$custom-light: #e1c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75703,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD3E

secondary

#95A3D3

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD3E

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

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