#CEAE49#CEAE49

#CEAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE49
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 0.27, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 54.59, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0033 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.124 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7943, 43.8773, 12.5698)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE49 #4969CE

analogous

#CE6C49 #CEAE49 #ACCE49

triadic

#CEAE49 #49CEAE #AE49CE

tetradic

#CEAE49 #49CE6C #4969CE #CE49AC

square

#CEAE49 #49CE6C #4969CE #CE49AC

split-complementary

#CEAE49 #49ACCE #6C49CE

monochromatic

#7B6621 #AC8D2E #CEAE49 #DBC379 #E8D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CEAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE49

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE49	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c580',
    500: '#ceae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae49;
$custom-light: #e0c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE49

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE49

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

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