#CEAF38#CEAF38

#CEAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAF38
RGB	rgb(206, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -1.18, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 61.79, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0094 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.137 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4996, 44.0696, 10.0610)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAF38 #3857CE

analogous

#CE6438 #CEAF38 #A2CE38

triadic

#CEAF38 #38CEAF #AF38CE

tetradic

#CEAF38 #38CE64 #3857CE #CE38A2

square

#CEAF38 #38CE64 #3857CE #CE38A2

split-complementary

#CEAF38 #38A2CE #6438CE

monochromatic

#705F1C #A18828 #CEAF38 #DAC369 #E6D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CEAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CEAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAF38

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAF38	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c676',
    500: '#ceaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaf38;
$custom-light: #e1c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAF38

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#65E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAF38

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

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