#CEA257#CEA257

#CEA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA257
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 7.66, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 45.32, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.02 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.107 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0963, 39.6531, 14.5569)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA257 #5783CE

analogous

#CE6657 #CEA257 #BFCE57

triadic

#CEA257 #57CEA2 #A257CE

tetradic

#CEA257 #57CE66 #5783CE #CE57BF

square

#CEA257 #57CE66 #5783CE #CE57BF

split-complementary

#CEA257 #57BFCE #6657CE

monochromatic

#846127 #B38434 #CEA257 #DCBC86 #EAD6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CEA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#CEA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA257

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA257	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)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd88',
    500: '#cea257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea257;
$custom-light: #e0bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73752,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA257

secondary

#A8BAD8

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA257

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

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