#CEA137#CEA137

#CEA137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA137
RGB	rgb(206, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 6.23, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 58.96, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0117 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.13 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8904, 38.8901, 9.0719)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA137 #3764CE

analogous

#CE5537 #CEA137 #B0CE37

triadic

#CEA137 #37CEA1 #A137CE

tetradic

#CEA137 #37CE55 #3764CE #CE37B0

square

#CEA137 #37CE55 #3764CE #CE37B0

split-complementary

#CEA137 #37B0CE #5537CE

monochromatic

#6F561B #A07C27 #CEA137 #DAB868 #E6CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CEA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CEA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA137

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA137	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc74',
    500: '#cea137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea137;
$custom-light: #e1bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA137

secondary

#8FA3D2

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA137

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

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