#CEAE40#CEAE40

#CEAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.131 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE40
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -0.25, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 58.39, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0059 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.131 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5172, 43.7664, 11.1105)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE40 #4060CE

analogous

#CE6740 #CEAE40 #A7CE40

triadic

#CEAE40 #40CEAE #AE40CE

tetradic

#CEAE40 #40CE67 #4060CE #CE40A7

square

#CEAE40 #40CE67 #4060CE #CE40A7

split-complementary

#CEAE40 #40A7CE #6740CE

monochromatic

#75621E #A68A2B #CEAE40 #DAC371 #E7D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CEAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE40

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE40	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.131 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#ceae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae40;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75924,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE40

secondary

#96A4D4

accent

#69E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE40

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

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