#CEA049#CEA049

#CEA049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA049
RGB	rgb(206, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 7.76, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 51.27, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0184 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.117 81)
XYZ	xyz(39.2292, 38.7471, 11.7148)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA049 #4977CE

analogous

#CE5D49 #CEA049 #BACE49

triadic

#CEA049 #49CEA0 #A049CE

tetradic

#CEA049 #49CE5D #4977CE #CE49BA

square

#CEA049 #49CE5D #4977CE #CE49BA

split-complementary

#CEA049 #49BACE #5D49CE

monochromatic

#7B5C21 #AC802E #CEA049 #DBB979 #E8D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CEA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CEA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA049

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA049	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb7f',
    500: '#cea049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea049;
$custom-light: #e1bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.38744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA049

secondary

#9DB1D5

accent

#7CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA049

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

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