#CEAD49#CEAD49

#CEAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD49
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 0.80, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 54.32, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0017 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.124 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6018, 43.4923, 12.5056)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD49 #496ACE

analogous

#CE6B49 #CEAD49 #ACCE49

triadic

#CEAD49 #49CEAD #AD49CE

tetradic

#CEAD49 #49CE6B #496ACE #CE49AC

square

#CEAD49 #49CE6B #496ACE #CE49AC

split-complementary

#CEAD49 #49ACCE #6B49CE

monochromatic

#7B6521 #AC8C2E #CEAD49 #DBC379 #E8D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CEAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CEAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD49

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD49	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)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c580',
    500: '#cead49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead49;
$custom-light: #e0c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD49

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD49

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

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