#CEAA00

Closest named color: Burnt Yellow (#D5AB09). oklch(74.8% 0.153 93.6), rgb(206, 170, 0).

Black text reads best on this color (9.37:1).

About this color

#CEAA00 is a medium-light, vivid yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 75%, its chroma 0.153 and its hue 94°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Burnt Yellow (#D5AB09), ΔE 0.012 away. Black text reads best on it, at 9.37:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	medium-light (75%)
Chroma	vivid (0.153)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Burnt Yellow (#D5AB09)
Black text	9.37:1
White text	2.24:1

Values

HEX	#CEAA00
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 0)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 40%)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.153 93.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #CEAA00	2.24:1	Fails	Lc -48.7	Large or bold text, headings
Black text on #CEAA00	9.37:1	AAA	Lc 60.1	Content text, not long reading
#CEAA00 text on white	2.24:1	Fails	Lc 43.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#CEAA00 text on black	9.37:1	AAA	Lc -58.2	Large or bold text, headings

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

Step 50
50

#F8F5EC

oklch(97% 0.012 91.5)
Step 100
100

#F0EAD6

oklch(93.6% 0.027 93.1)
Step 200
200

#E5D9B2

oklch(88.5% 0.053 93)
Step 300
300

#D5C077

oklch(80.9% 0.096 93.9)
Step 400
400 (this color)

#CEAA00

oklch(74.8% 0.153 93.6)
Step 500
500

#A48700

oklch(63.2% 0.129 93.7)
Step 600
600

#8A7100

oklch(55.6% 0.114 93.5)
Step 700
700

#745F00

oklch(49.2% 0.101 93.8)
Step 800
800

#5F4D00

oklch(42.6% 0.087 93.4)
Step 900
900

#4F4000

oklch(37.6% 0.077 93.9)
Step 950
950

#302500

oklch(26.9% 0.055 91.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#CEAA00 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#BEA700	0.027
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C7B219	0.021
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#E09B90	0.140
Achromatopsia (no color)	#ADADAD	0.153