#CEA949#CEA949

#CEA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA949
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 2.93, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 53.28, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0044 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.121 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8463, 41.9812, 12.2538)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA949 #496ECE

analogous

#CE6649 #CEA949 #B1CE49

triadic

#CEA949 #49CEA9 #A949CE

tetradic

#CEA949 #49CE66 #496ECE #CE49B1

square

#CEA949 #49CE66 #496ECE #CE49B1

split-complementary

#CEA949 #49B1CE #6649CE

monochromatic

#7B6221 #AC892E #CEA949 #DBC079 #E8D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CEA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CEA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA949

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA949	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c280',
    500: '#cea949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea949;
$custom-light: #e0c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA949

secondary

#9DADD5

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA949

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

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