#CEA23E#CEA23E

#CEA23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23E
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 6.04, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 56.37, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.012 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.126 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2457, 39.3129, 10.0776)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23E #3E6ACE

analogous

#CE5A3E #CEA23E #B2CE3E

triadic

#CEA23E #3ECEA2 #A23ECE

tetradic

#CEA23E #3ECE5A #3E6ACE #CE3EB2

square

#CEA23E #3ECE5A #3E6ACE #CE3EB2

split-complementary

#CEA23E #3EB2CE #5A3ECE

monochromatic

#745A1D #A57F2A #CEA23E #DABA6F #E7D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CEA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23E	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)

#B5A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd79',
    500: '#cea23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23e;
$custom-light: #e1bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73482,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23E

secondary

#95A8D3

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23E

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

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