#CEAE34#CEAE34

#CEAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.139 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE34
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -0.83, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 63.00, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0089 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.139 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2117, 43.6442, 9.5016)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE34 #3454CE

analogous

#CE6134 #CEAE34 #A1CE34

triadic

#CEAE34 #34CEAE #AE34CE

tetradic

#CEAE34 #34CE61 #3454CE #CE34A1

square

#CEAE34 #34CE61 #3454CE #CE34A1

split-complementary

#CEAE34 #34A1CE #6134CE

monochromatic

#6D5C1A #9F8626 #CEAE34 #DAC265 #E6D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CEAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE34

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE34	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.139 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c574',
    500: '#ceae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae34;
$custom-light: #e1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE34

secondary

#8D9BD1

accent

#65E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE34

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

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