#CEAD40#CEAD40

#CEAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD40
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 0.28, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 58.12, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0043 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.13 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3247, 43.3815, 11.0463)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD40 #4061CE

analogous

#CE6640 #CEAD40 #A8CE40

triadic

#CEAD40 #40CEAD #AD40CE

tetradic

#CEAD40 #40CE66 #4061CE #CE40A8

square

#CEAD40 #40CE66 #4061CE #CE40A8

split-complementary

#CEAD40 #40A8CE #6640CE

monochromatic

#75611E #A6892B #CEAD40 #DAC271 #E7D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CEAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD40

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD40	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cead40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead40;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD40

secondary

#96A4D4

accent

#6AE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD40

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

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