#CEA259#CEA259

#CEA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA259
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 7.82, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 44.39, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0207 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.105 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1791, 39.6863, 14.9932)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA259 #5985CE

analogous

#CE6759 #CEA259 #BFCE59

triadic

#CEA259 #59CEA2 #A259CE

tetradic

#CEA259 #59CE67 #5985CE #CE59BF

square

#CEA259 #59CE67 #5985CE #CE59BF

split-complementary

#CEA259 #59BFCE #6759CE

monochromatic

#856227 #B58535 #CEA259 #DCBC88 #EAD7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CEA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CEA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA259

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA259	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd8a',
    500: '#cea259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea259;
$custom-light: #e0bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.436,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA259

secondary

#AABCD9

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA259

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

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