#CEAE44#CEAE44

#CEAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE44
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -0.03, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 56.73, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0047 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6351, 43.8136, 11.7316)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE44 #4464CE

analogous

#CE6944 #CEAE44 #A9CE44

triadic

#CEAE44 #44CEAE #AE44CE

tetradic

#CEAE44 #44CE69 #4464CE #CE44A9

square

#CEAE44 #44CE69 #4464CE #CE44A9

split-complementary

#CEAE44 #44A9CE #6944CE

monochromatic

#78641F #A98C2C #CEAE44 #DBC374 #E7D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CEAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE44

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE44	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57d',
    500: '#ceae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae44;
$custom-light: #e1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE44

secondary

#99A7D4

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE44

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

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