#CEA23B#CEA23B

#CEA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23B
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 5.89, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 57.59, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0112 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.128 85)
XYZ	xyz(39.1657, 39.2809, 9.6559)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23B #3B67CE

analogous

#CE593B #CEA23B #B0CE3B

triadic

#CEA23B #3BCEA2 #A23BCE

tetradic

#CEA23B #3BCE59 #3B67CE #CE3BB0

square

#CEA23B #3BCE59 #3B67CE #CE3BB0

split-complementary

#CEA23B #3BB0CE #593BCE

monochromatic

#72581D #A37E29 #CEA23B #DAB96C #E6D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CEA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23B	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd77',
    500: '#cea23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23b;
$custom-light: #e1bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23B

secondary

#92A5D3

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23B

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

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