#CEA261#CEA261

#CEA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA261
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 8.48, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 40.65, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0236 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.098 76)
XYZ	xyz(40.5335, 39.8280, 16.8596)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA261 #618DCE

analogous

#CE6C61 #CEA261 #C4CE61

triadic

#CEA261 #61CEA2 #A261CE

tetradic

#CEA261 #61CE6C #618DCE #CE61C4

square

#CEA261 #61CE6C #618DCE #CE61C4

split-complementary

#CEA261 #61C4CE #6C61CE

monochromatic

#8A632B #B98539 #CEA261 #DCBD90 #EBD9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CEA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CEA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA261

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA261	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd8f',
    500: '#cea261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea261;
$custom-light: #dfbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.39826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA261

secondary

#B0C1DB

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA261

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

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