#CEA23F#CEA23F

#CEA23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA23F
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 6.10, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 55.96, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0123 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.126 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2734, 39.3240, 10.2234)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA23F #3F6BCE

analogous

#CE5A3F #CEA23F #B3CE3F

triadic

#CEA23F #3FCEA2 #A23FCE

tetradic

#CEA23F #3FCE5A #3F6BCE #CE3FB3

square

#CEA23F #3FCE5A #3F6BCE #CE3FB3

split-complementary

#CEA23F #3FB3CE #5A3FCE

monochromatic

#755A1E #A6802A #CEA23F #DABA70 #E7D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CEA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA23F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA23F	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)

#B5A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd79',
    500: '#cea23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea23f;
$custom-light: #e1bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA23F

secondary

#95A8D3

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA23F

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

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