#CEAE35#CEAE35

#CEAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.138 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE35
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -0.78, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 62.64, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0086 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.138 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2345, 43.6533, 9.6215)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE35 #3555CE

analogous

#CE6135 #CEAE35 #A1CE35

triadic

#CEAE35 #35CEAE #AE35CE

tetradic

#CEAE35 #35CE61 #3555CE #CE35A1

square

#CEAE35 #35CE61 #3555CE #CE35A1

split-complementary

#CEAE35 #35A1CE #6135CE

monochromatic

#6E5D1B #9F8627 #CEAE35 #DAC266 #E6D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CEAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE35

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE35	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c575',
    500: '#ceae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae35;
$custom-light: #e1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7584,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE35

secondary

#8D9CD1

accent

#65E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE35

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

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