#CEA037#CEA037

#CEA037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA037
RGB	rgb(206, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 6.77, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 58.77, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0133 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.13 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7164, 38.5420, 9.0139)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA037 #3765CE

analogous

#CE5437 #CEA037 #B0CE37

triadic

#CEA037 #37CEA0 #A037CE

tetradic

#CEA037 #37CE54 #3765CE #CE37B0

square

#CEA037 #37CE54 #3765CE #CE37B0

split-complementary

#CEA037 #37B0CE #5437CE

monochromatic

#6F561B #A07C27 #CEA037 #DAB768 #E6CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CEA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CEA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA037

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA037	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb74',
    500: '#cea037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea037;
$custom-light: #e1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA037

secondary

#8FA3D2

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA037

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

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