#CEAE48#CEAE48

#CEAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE48
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 0.21, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 55.03, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0036 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.125 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7614, 43.8641, 12.3966)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE48 #4868CE

analogous

#CE6B48 #CEAE48 #ABCE48

triadic

#CEAE48 #48CEAE #AE48CE

tetradic

#CEAE48 #48CE6B #4868CE #CE48AB

square

#CEAE48 #48CE6B #4868CE #CE48AB

split-complementary

#CEAE48 #48ABCE #6B48CE

monochromatic

#7B6521 #AB8D2E #CEAE48 #DBC378 #E8D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CEAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE48

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE48	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)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#ceae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae48;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE48

secondary

#9DAAD5

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE48

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

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