#CEA23D#CEA23D

#CEA23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23D
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 5.99, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 56.78, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0118 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.127 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2186, 39.3021, 9.9344)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23D #3D69CE

analogous

#CE593D #CEA23D #B2CE3D

triadic

#CEA23D #3DCEA2 #A23DCE

tetradic

#CEA23D #3DCE59 #3D69CE #CE3DB2

square

#CEA23D #3DCE59 #3D69CE #CE3DB2

split-complementary

#CEA23D #3DB2CE #593DCE

monochromatic

#73591D #A47F29 #CEA23D #DAB96E #E7D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CEA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23D	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)

#B5A230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd78',
    500: '#cea23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23d;
$custom-light: #e1bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23D

secondary

#94A7D3

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23D

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

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