#CEAD56#CEAD56

#CEAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD56
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 1.70, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 48.45, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0025 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.113 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0788, 43.6831, 15.0176)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD56 #5677CE

analogous

#CE7156 #CEAD56 #B3CE56

triadic

#CEAD56 #56CEAD #AD56CE

tetradic

#CEAD56 #56CE71 #5677CE #CE56B3

square

#CEAD56 #56CE71 #5677CE #CE56B3

split-complementary

#CEAD56 #56B3CE #7156CE

monochromatic

#836A26 #B39034 #CEAD56 #DCC485 #EADBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CEAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD56

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD56	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c588',
    500: '#cead56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead56;
$custom-light: #e0c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD56

secondary

#A8B5D8

accent

#72DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD56

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

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