#CEAD43#CEAD43

#CEAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.128 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD43
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 0.45, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 56.88, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0035 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.128 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4124, 43.4166, 11.5081)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD43 #4364CE

analogous

#CE6743 #CEAD43 #AACE43

triadic

#CEAD43 #43CEAD #AD43CE

tetradic

#CEAD43 #43CE67 #4364CE #CE43AA

square

#CEAD43 #43CE67 #4364CE #CE43AA

split-complementary

#CEAD43 #43AACE #6743CE

monochromatic

#77621F #A88B2C #CEAD43 #DBC274 #E7D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CEAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD43

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD43	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)

#BFAB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.128 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#cead43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead43;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD43

secondary

#99A7D4

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD43

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

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