#CEA851#CEA851

#CEA851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA851
RGB	rgb(206, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 4.00, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 49.44, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0085 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.114 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9435, 41.7236, 13.6799)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA851 #5177CE

analogous

#CE6A51 #CEA851 #B6CE51

triadic

#CEA851 #51CEA8 #A851CE

tetradic

#CEA851 #51CE6A #5177CE #CE51B6

square

#CEA851 #51CE6A #5177CE #CE51B6

split-complementary

#CEA851 #51B6CE #6A51CE

monochromatic

#806424 #B08A32 #CEA851 #DBC081 #E9D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CEA851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CEA851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA851

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA851	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c185',
    500: '#cea851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea851;
$custom-light: #e0c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74876,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA851

secondary

#A4B3D7

accent

#76DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA851

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

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