#CEAD45#CEAD45

#CEAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD45
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 0.56, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 56.04, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0029 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.127 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4735, 43.4410, 11.8295)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD45 #4566CE

analogous

#CE6945 #CEAD45 #ABCE45

triadic

#CEAD45 #45CEAD #AD45CE

tetradic

#CEAD45 #45CE69 #4566CE #CE45AB

square

#CEAD45 #45CE69 #4566CE #CE45AB

split-complementary

#CEAD45 #45ABCE #6945CE

monochromatic

#796320 #A98B2D #CEAD45 #DBC275 #E8D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CEAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD45

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD45	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#cead45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead45;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD45

secondary

#9AA8D5

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD45

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

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