#CEAD42#CEAD42

#CEAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD42
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 0.39, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 57.30, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0038 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.129 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3827, 43.4047, 11.3514)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD42 #4263CE

analogous

#CE6742 #CEAD42 #A9CE42

triadic

#CEAD42 #42CEAD #AD42CE

tetradic

#CEAD42 #42CE67 #4263CE #CE42A9

square

#CEAD42 #42CE67 #4263CE #CE42A9

split-complementary

#CEAD42 #42A9CE #6742CE

monochromatic

#77621F #A78A2B #CEAD42 #DBC273 #E7D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CEAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD42

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD42	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)

#BFAB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#cead42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead42;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD42

secondary

#98A6D4

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD42

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

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