#CEAD47#CEAD47

#CEAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD47
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 0.68, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 55.19, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0023 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5366, 43.4662, 12.1620)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD47 #4768CE

analogous

#CE6A47 #CEAD47 #ACCE47

triadic

#CEAD47 #47CEAD #AD47CE

tetradic

#CEAD47 #47CE6A #4768CE #CE47AC

square

#CEAD47 #47CE6A #4768CE #CE47AC

split-complementary

#CEAD47 #47ACCE #6A47CE

monochromatic

#7A6421 #AA8C2D #CEAD47 #DBC377 #E8D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CEAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD47

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD47	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cead47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead47;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD47

secondary

#9CAAD5

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD47

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

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