#CEAE38#CEAE38

#CEAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE38
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -0.65, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 61.53, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0079 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.136 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3057, 43.6818, 9.9964)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE38 #3858CE

analogous

#CE6338 #CEAE38 #A3CE38

triadic

#CEAE38 #38CEAE #AE38CE

tetradic

#CEAE38 #38CE63 #3858CE #CE38A3

square

#CEAE38 #38CE63 #3858CE #CE38A3

split-complementary

#CEAE38 #38A3CE #6338CE

monochromatic

#705E1C #A18728 #CEAE38 #DAC269 #E6D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CEAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE38

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE38	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c576',
    500: '#ceae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae38;
$custom-light: #e1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE38

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE38

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

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