#CEA252#CEA252

#CEA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA252
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 7.29, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 47.62, 81.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0183 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.111 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8990, 39.5742, 13.5181)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA252 #527ECE

analogous

#CE6452 #CEA252 #BCCE52

triadic

#CEA252 #52CEA2 #A252CE

tetradic

#CEA252 #52CE64 #527ECE #CE52BC

square

#CEA252 #52CE64 #527ECE #CE52BC

split-complementary

#CEA252 #52BCCE #6452CE

monochromatic

#816025 #B18432 #CEA252 #DCBC82 #E9D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CEA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CEA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA252

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA252	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)

#B4A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd85',
    500: '#cea252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea252;
$custom-light: #e0bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA252

secondary

#A4B7D7

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA252

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

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