#CEAD44#CEAD44

#CEAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD44
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 0.50, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 56.46, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0032 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4427, 43.4287, 11.6674)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD44 #4465CE

analogous

#CE6844 #CEAD44 #AACE44

triadic

#CEAD44 #44CEAD #AD44CE

tetradic

#CEAD44 #44CE68 #4465CE #CE44AA

square

#CEAD44 #44CE68 #4465CE #CE44AA

split-complementary

#CEAD44 #44AACE #6844CE

monochromatic

#78631F #A98B2C #CEAD44 #DBC274 #E7D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CEAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD44

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD44	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57d',
    500: '#cead44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead44;
$custom-light: #e1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD44

secondary

#99A8D4

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD44

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

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