#CEAE39#CEAE39

#CEAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE39
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -0.60, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 61.15, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0077 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.136 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3304, 43.6917, 10.1265)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE39 #3959CE

analogous

#CE6439 #CEAE39 #A4CE39

triadic

#CEAE39 #39CEAE #AE39CE

tetradic

#CEAE39 #39CE64 #3959CE #CE39A4

square

#CEAE39 #39CE64 #3959CE #CE39A4

split-complementary

#CEAE39 #39A4CE #6439CE

monochromatic

#715E1C #A28828 #CEAE39 #DAC26A #E6D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CEAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE39

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE39	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)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c577',
    500: '#ceae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae39;
$custom-light: #e1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE39

secondary

#919FD2

accent

#67E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE39

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →