#CEA138#CEA138

#CEA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA138
RGB	rgb(206, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 6.28, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 58.58, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.012 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.13 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9147, 38.8998, 9.1994)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA138 #3865CE

analogous

#CE5638 #CEA138 #B0CE38

triadic

#CEA138 #38CEA1 #A138CE

tetradic

#CEA138 #38CE56 #3865CE #CE38B0

square

#CEA138 #38CE56 #3865CE #CE38B0

split-complementary

#CEA138 #38B0CE #5638CE

monochromatic

#70571C #A17D28 #CEA138 #DAB869 #E6CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CEA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CEA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA138

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA138	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)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc75',
    500: '#cea138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea138;
$custom-light: #e1bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA138

secondary

#90A4D2

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA138

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

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