#CEAD61#CEAD61

#CEAD61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.103 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAD61
RGB	rgb(206, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 2.58, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 43.24, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0064 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.103 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5566, 43.8742, 17.5339)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAD61 #6182CE

analogous

#CE7761 #CEAD61 #B9CE61

triadic

#CEAD61 #61CEAD #AD61CE

tetradic

#CEAD61 #61CE77 #6182CE #CE61B9

square

#CEAD61 #61CE77 #6182CE #CE61B9

split-complementary

#CEAD61 #61B9CE #7761CE

monochromatic

#8A6D2B #B99239 #CEAD61 #DCC590 #EBDDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CEAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CEAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAD61

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAD61	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cead61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.103 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58f',
    500: '#cead61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cead61;
$custom-light: #dfc58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cead61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.835,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76088,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAD61

secondary

#B0BDDB

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAD61

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

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