#CEA239#CEA239

#CEA239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA239
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 5.79, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 58.38, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0107 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.129 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1148, 39.2606, 9.3880)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA239 #3965CE

analogous

#CE5839 #CEA239 #B0CE39

triadic

#CEA239 #39CEA2 #A239CE

tetradic

#CEA239 #39CE58 #3965CE #CE39B0

square

#CEA239 #39CE58 #3965CE #CE39B0

split-complementary

#CEA239 #39B0CE #5839CE

monochromatic

#71581C #A27E28 #CEA239 #DAB96A #E6D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CEA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA239

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA239	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)

#B6A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd76',
    500: '#cea239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea239;
$custom-light: #e1bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA239

secondary

#91A4D2

accent

#73E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA239

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

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