#CEA249#CEA249

#CEA249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA249
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 6.68, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 51.67, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0153 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.118 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5787, 39.4461, 11.8313)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA249 #4975CE

analogous

#CE5F49 #CEA249 #B8CE49

triadic

#CEA249 #49CEA2 #A249CE

tetradic

#CEA249 #49CE5F #4975CE #CE49B8

square

#CEA249 #49CE5F #4975CE #CE49B8

split-complementary

#CEA249 #49B8CE #5F49CE

monochromatic

#7B5E21 #AC822E #CEA249 #DBBB79 #E8D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CEA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CEA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA249

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA249	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd7f',
    500: '#cea249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea249;
$custom-light: #e1bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA249

secondary

#9DB0D5

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA249

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

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