#CEA139#CEA139

#CEA139 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA139
RGB	rgb(206, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 6.33, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 58.18, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0122 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.129 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9394, 38.9097, 9.3295)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA139 #3966CE

analogous

#CE5739 #CEA139 #B1CE39

triadic

#CEA139 #39CEA1 #A139CE

tetradic

#CEA139 #39CE57 #3966CE #CE39B1

square

#CEA139 #39CE57 #3966CE #CE39B1

split-complementary

#CEA139 #39B1CE #5739CE

monochromatic

#71571C #A27D28 #CEA139 #DAB86A #E6D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CEA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CEA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA139

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA139	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc76',
    500: '#cea139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea139;
$custom-light: #e1bc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA139

secondary

#91A4D2

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA139

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

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