#CEAD57#CEAD57

#CEAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD57
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 1.77, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 47.98, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0028 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.112 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1194, 43.6993, 15.2313)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD57 #5778CE

analogous

#CE7157 #CEAD57 #B4CE57

triadic

#CEAD57 #57CEAD #AD57CE

tetradic

#CEAD57 #57CE71 #5778CE #CE57B4

square

#CEAD57 #57CE71 #5778CE #CE57B4

split-complementary

#CEAD57 #57B4CE #7157CE

monochromatic

#846A27 #B39034 #CEAD57 #DCC486 #EADBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CEAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CEAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD57

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD57	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)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c589',
    500: '#cead57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead57;
$custom-light: #e0c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.361,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75957,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD57

secondary

#A8B6D8

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD57

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

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