#CEAD41#CEAD41

#CEAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD41
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 0.34, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 57.71, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0041 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.13 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3535, 43.3930, 11.1975)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD41 #4162CE

analogous

#CE6641 #CEAD41 #A9CE41

triadic

#CEAD41 #41CEAD #AD41CE

tetradic

#CEAD41 #41CE66 #4162CE #CE41A9

square

#CEAD41 #41CE66 #4162CE #CE41A9

split-complementary

#CEAD41 #41A9CE #6641CE

monochromatic

#76621E #A78A2B #CEAD41 #DBC272 #E7D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CEAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD41

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD41	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cead41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead41;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD41

secondary

#97A5D4

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD41

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

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