#CEAE51#CEAE51

#CEAE51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE51
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 0.80, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 51.03, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0008 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.118 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0768, 43.9903, 14.0577)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE51 #5171CE

analogous

#CE7051 #CEAE51 #B0CE51

triadic

#CEAE51 #51CEAE #AE51CE

tetradic

#CEAE51 #51CE70 #5171CE #CE51B0

square

#CEAE51 #51CE70 #5171CE #CE51B0

split-complementary

#CEAE51 #51B0CE #7051CE

monochromatic

#806924 #B09032 #CEAE51 #DBC481 #E9DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CEAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CEAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE51

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE51	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c585',
    500: '#ceae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae51;
$custom-light: #e0c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76091,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE51

secondary

#A4B1D7

accent

#6FDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE51

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

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