#CEAE42#CEAE42

#CEAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE42
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -0.14, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 57.57, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0053 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5751, 43.7896, 11.4156)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE42 #4262CE

analogous

#CE6842 #CEAE42 #A8CE42

triadic

#CEAE42 #42CEAE #AE42CE

tetradic

#CEAE42 #42CE68 #4262CE #CE42A8

square

#CEAE42 #42CE68 #4262CE #CE42A8

split-complementary

#CEAE42 #42A8CE #6842CE

monochromatic

#77631F #A78B2B #CEAE42 #DBC373 #E7D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CEAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE42

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE42	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#ceae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae42;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE42

secondary

#98A6D4

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE42

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

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