#CEAE46#CEAE46

#CEAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE46
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 0.09, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 55.89, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0042 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.127 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6972, 43.8384, 12.0586)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE46 #4666CE

analogous

#CE6A46 #CEAE46 #AACE46

triadic

#CEAE46 #46CEAE #AE46CE

tetradic

#CEAE46 #46CE6A #4666CE #CE46AA

square

#CEAE46 #46CE6A #4666CE #CE46AA

split-complementary

#CEAE46 #46AACE #6A46CE

monochromatic

#796420 #AA8C2D #CEAE46 #DBC376 #E8D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CEAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE46

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE46	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#ceae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae46;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE46

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6BE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE46

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

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