#CEAE4E#CEAE4E

#CEAE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE4E
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 0.60, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 52.38, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0017 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.12 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9668, 43.9463, 13.4782)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE4E #4E6ECE

analogous

#CE6E4E #CEAE4E #AECE4E

triadic

#CEAE4E #4ECEAE #AE4ECE

tetradic

#CEAE4E #4ECE6E #4E6ECE #CE4EAE

square

#CEAE4E #4ECE6E #4E6ECE #CE4EAE

split-complementary

#CEAE4E #4EAECE #6E4ECE

monochromatic

#7F6823 #AE8F30 #CEAE4E #DBC47E #E9DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CEAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE4E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE4E	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c583',
    500: '#ceae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae4e;
$custom-light: #e0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE4E

secondary

#A1AFD7

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE4E

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

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