#CEA23C#CEA23C

#CEA23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23C
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 5.94, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 57.18, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0115 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.128 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1919, 39.2914, 9.7939)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23C #3C68CE

analogous

#CE593C #CEA23C #B1CE3C

triadic

#CEA23C #3CCEA2 #A23CCE

tetradic

#CEA23C #3CCE59 #3C68CE #CE3CB1

square

#CEA23C #3CCE59 #3C68CE #CE3CB1

split-complementary

#CEA23C #3CB1CE #593CCE

monochromatic

#73591D #A47F29 #CEA23C #DAB96D #E7D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CEA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23C	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)

#B6A22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd77',
    500: '#cea23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23c;
$custom-light: #e1bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23C

secondary

#93A6D3

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23C

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

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