#CEAD4A#CEAD4A

#CEAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD4A
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 0.87, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 53.88, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0014 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.123 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6353, 43.5057, 12.6817)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD4A #4A6BCE

analogous

#CE6B4A #CEAD4A #ADCE4A

triadic

#CEAD4A #4ACEAD #AD4ACE

tetradic

#CEAD4A #4ACE6B #4A6BCE #CE4AAD

square

#CEAD4A #4ACE6B #4A6BCE #CE4AAD

split-complementary

#CEAD4A #4AADCE #6B4ACE

monochromatic

#7C6522 #AC8D2F #CEAD4A #DBC37A #E8D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CEAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD4A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD4A	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c581',
    500: '#cead4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead4a;
$custom-light: #e0c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD4A

secondary

#9EACD6

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD4A

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

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