#CEA238#CEA238

#CEA238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA238
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 5.74, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 58.77, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0104 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.13 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0901, 39.2507, 9.2579)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA238 #3864CE

analogous

#CE5738 #CEA238 #AFCE38

triadic

#CEA238 #38CEA2 #A238CE

tetradic

#CEA238 #38CE57 #3864CE #CE38AF

square

#CEA238 #38CE57 #3864CE #CE38AF

split-complementary

#CEA238 #38AFCE #5738CE

monochromatic

#70571C #A17E28 #CEA238 #DAB969 #E6D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CEA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA238

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA238	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd75',
    500: '#cea238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea238;
$custom-light: #e1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA238

secondary

#90A3D2

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA238

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

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