#CEA951#CEA951

#CEA951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA951
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 3.46, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 49.69, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.007 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.115 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1288, 42.0942, 13.7417)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA951 #5176CE

analogous

#CE6B51 #CEA951 #B5CE51

triadic

#CEA951 #51CEA9 #A951CE

tetradic

#CEA951 #51CE6B #5176CE #CE51B5

square

#CEA951 #51CE6B #5176CE #CE51B5

split-complementary

#CEA951 #51B5CE #6B51CE

monochromatic

#806524 #B08B32 #CEA951 #DBC181 #E9D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CEA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CEA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA951

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA951	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c285',
    500: '#cea951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea951;
$custom-light: #e0c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75077,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA951

secondary

#A4B3D7

accent

#75DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA951

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

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