#CEA159#CEA159

#CEA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA159
RGB	rgb(206, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 8.35, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 44.19, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0223 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.105 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0036, 39.3354, 14.9347)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA159 #5986CE

analogous

#CE6659 #CEA159 #C1CE59

triadic

#CEA159 #59CEA1 #A159CE

tetradic

#CEA159 #59CE66 #5986CE #CE59C1

square

#CEA159 #59CE66 #5986CE #CE59C1

split-complementary

#CEA159 #59C1CE #6659CE

monochromatic

#856127 #B58435 #CEA159 #DCBC88 #EAD7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CEA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA159

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA159	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bc8a',
    500: '#cea159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea159;
$custom-light: #e0bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA159

secondary

#AABCD9

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA159

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

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