#CEA038#CEA038

#CEA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA038
RGB	rgb(206, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 6.82, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 58.39, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0135 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.129 84)
XYZ	xyz(38.7406, 38.5517, 9.1414)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA038 #3866CE

analogous

#CE5538 #CEA038 #B1CE38

triadic

#CEA038 #38CEA0 #A038CE

tetradic

#CEA038 #38CE55 #3866CE #CE38B1

square

#CEA038 #38CE55 #3866CE #CE38B1

split-complementary

#CEA038 #38B1CE #5538CE

monochromatic

#70561C #A17C28 #CEA038 #DAB769 #E6CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CEA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CEA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA038

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA038	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb75',
    500: '#cea038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea038;
$custom-light: #e1bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA038

secondary

#90A4D2

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA038

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

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