#CEA251#CEA251

#CEA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA251
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 7.22, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 48.08, 81.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0179 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.112 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8612, 39.5591, 13.3191)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA251 #517DCE

analogous

#CE6451 #CEA251 #BCCE51

triadic

#CEA251 #51CEA2 #A251CE

tetradic

#CEA251 #51CE64 #517DCE #CE51BC

square

#CEA251 #51CE64 #517DCE #CE51BC

split-complementary

#CEA251 #51BCCE #6451CE

monochromatic

#806024 #B08432 #CEA251 #DBBC81 #E9D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CEA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CEA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA251

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA251	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd84',
    500: '#cea251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea251;
$custom-light: #e0bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73677,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA251

secondary

#A4B6D7

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA251

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

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