#CEA43B#CEA43B

#CEA43B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA43B
RGB	rgb(206, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 4.82, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 58.00, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0081 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.129 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5208, 39.9911, 9.7743)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA43B #3B65CE

analogous

#CE5B3B #CEA43B #AFCE3B

triadic

#CEA43B #3BCEA4 #A43BCE

tetradic

#CEA43B #3BCE5B #3B65CE #CE3BAF

square

#CEA43B #3BCE5B #3B65CE #CE3BAF

split-complementary

#CEA43B #3BAFCE #5B3BCE

monochromatic

#725A1D #A38029 #CEA43B #DABB6C #E6D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CEA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CEA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA43B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA43B	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1be77',
    500: '#cea43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea43b;
$custom-light: #e1be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA43B

secondary

#92A5D3

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA43B

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

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