#CEA256#CEA256

#CEA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA256
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 7.58, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 45.78, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0196 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.108 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0557, 39.6369, 14.3432)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA256 #5682CE

analogous

#CE6656 #CEA256 #BECE56

triadic

#CEA256 #56CEA2 #A256CE

tetradic

#CEA256 #56CE66 #5682CE #CE56BE

square

#CEA256 #56CE66 #5682CE #CE56BE

split-complementary

#CEA256 #56BECE #6656CE

monochromatic

#836126 #B38434 #CEA256 #DCBC85 #EAD6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CEA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#CEA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA256

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA256	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd88',
    500: '#cea256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea256;
$custom-light: #e0bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA256

secondary

#A8B9D8

accent

#80DE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA256

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

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