#CEA255#CEA255

#CEA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA255
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 7.51, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 46.24, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0193 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.108 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0157, 39.6209, 14.1325)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA255 #5581CE

analogous

#CE6655 #CEA255 #BDCE55

triadic

#CEA255 #55CEA2 #A255CE

tetradic

#CEA255 #55CE66 #5581CE #CE55BD

square

#CEA255 #55CE66 #5581CE #CE55BD

split-complementary

#CEA255 #55BDCE #6655CE

monochromatic

#836126 #B28433 #CEA255 #DCBC85 #E9D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CEA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CEA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA255

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA255	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd87',
    500: '#cea255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea255;
$custom-light: #e0bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA255

secondary

#A7B9D8

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA255

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

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