#CEAE45#CEAE45

#CEAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE45
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 0.03, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 56.31, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0045 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.127 92)
XYZ	xyz(41.6659, 43.8259, 11.8937)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE45 #4565CE

analogous

#CE6A45 #CEAE45 #AACE45

triadic

#CEAE45 #45CEAE #AE45CE

tetradic

#CEAE45 #45CE6A #4565CE #CE45AA

square

#CEAE45 #45CE6A #4565CE #CE45AA

split-complementary

#CEAE45 #45AACE #6A45CE

monochromatic

#796420 #A98C2D #CEAE45 #DBC375 #E8D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CEAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE45

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE45	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#ceae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae45;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.43824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE45

secondary

#9AA8D5

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE45

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

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