#CEA23A#CEA23A

#CEA23A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23A
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 5.84, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 57.98, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.011 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.129 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1400, 39.2706, 9.5207)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23A #3A66CE

analogous

#CE583A #CEA23A #B0CE3A

triadic

#CEA23A #3ACEA2 #A23ACE

tetradic

#CEA23A #3ACE58 #3A66CE #CE3AB0

square

#CEA23A #3ACE58 #3A66CE #CE3AB0

split-complementary

#CEA23A #3AB0CE #583ACE

monochromatic

#71581C #A27E28 #CEA23A #DAB96B #E6D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CEA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23A	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd76',
    500: '#cea23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23a;
$custom-light: #e1bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73448,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23A

secondary

#91A5D2

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23A

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

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