#CEAD46#CEAD46

#CEAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD46
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 0.62, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 55.61, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0026 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.126 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5048, 43.4535, 11.9944)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD46 #4667CE

analogous

#CE6946 #CEAD46 #ABCE46

triadic

#CEAD46 #46CEAD #AD46CE

tetradic

#CEAD46 #46CE69 #4667CE #CE46AB

square

#CEAD46 #46CE69 #4667CE #CE46AB

split-complementary

#CEAD46 #46ABCE #6946CE

monochromatic

#796420 #AA8C2D #CEAD46 #DBC276 #E8D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CEAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD46

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#cead46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead46;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75774,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD46

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD46

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

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