#CEAD48#CEAD48

#CEAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD48
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 0.74, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 54.75, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.002 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.125 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5689, 43.4792, 12.3324)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD48 #4869CE

analogous

#CE6A48 #CEAD48 #ACCE48

triadic

#CEAD48 #48CEAD #AD48CE

tetradic

#CEAD48 #48CE6A #4869CE #CE48AC

square

#CEAD48 #48CE6A #4869CE #CE48AC

split-complementary

#CEAD48 #48ACCE #6A48CE

monochromatic

#7B6521 #AB8C2E #CEAD48 #DBC378 #E8D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CEAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD48

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD48	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cead48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead48;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD48

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD48

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

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