#CEAE41#CEAE41

#CEAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE41
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -0.19, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 57.98, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0056 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.13 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5459, 43.7779, 11.2617)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE41 #4161CE

analogous

#CE6741 #CEAE41 #A7CE41

triadic

#CEAE41 #41CEAE #AE41CE

tetradic

#CEAE41 #41CE67 #4161CE #CE41A7

square

#CEAE41 #41CE67 #4161CE #CE41A7

split-complementary

#CEAE41 #41A7CE #6741CE

monochromatic

#76621E #A78B2B #CEAE41 #DBC372 #E7D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CEAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE41

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE41	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#ceae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae41;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE41

secondary

#97A5D4

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE41

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

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