#CEAF40#CEAF40

#CEAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAF40
RGB	rgb(206, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -0.78, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 58.66, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0074 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.132 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7111, 44.1542, 11.1751)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAF40 #405FCE

analogous

#CE6840 #CEAF40 #A6CE40

triadic

#CEAF40 #40CEAF #AF40CE

tetradic

#CEAF40 #40CE68 #405FCE #CE40A6

square

#CEAF40 #40CE68 #405FCE #CE40A6

split-complementary

#CEAF40 #40A6CE #6840CE

monochromatic

#75621E #A68B2B #CEAF40 #DAC371 #E7D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CEAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CEAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAF40

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAF40	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c67b',
    500: '#ceaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaf40;
$custom-light: #e1c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76129,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAF40

secondary

#96A4D4

accent

#68E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAF40

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

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