#CEAD51#CEAD51

#CEAD51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD51
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 1.33, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 50.75, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0008 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.117 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8843, 43.6053, 13.9935)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD51 #5172CE

analogous

#CE6F51 #CEAD51 #B1CE51

triadic

#CEAD51 #51CEAD #AD51CE

tetradic

#CEAD51 #51CE6F #5172CE #CE51B1

square

#CEAD51 #51CE6F #5172CE #CE51B1

split-complementary

#CEAD51 #51B1CE #6F51CE

monochromatic

#806824 #B08F32 #CEAD51 #DBC481 #E9DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CEAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD51

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD51	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c585',
    500: '#cead51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead51;
$custom-light: #e0c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD51

secondary

#A4B1D7

accent

#70DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD51

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

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