#CEAE59#CEAE59

#CEAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE59
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 1.39, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 47.33, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0019 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.111 89)
XYZ	xyz(42.3947, 44.1174, 15.7317)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE59 #5979CE

analogous

#CE7359 #CEAE59 #B3CE59

triadic

#CEAE59 #59CEAE #AE59CE

tetradic

#CEAE59 #59CE73 #5979CE #CE59B3

square

#CEAE59 #59CE73 #5979CE #CE59B3

split-complementary

#CEAE59 #59B3CE #7359CE

monochromatic

#856C27 #B59235 #CEAE59 #DCC588 #EADCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CEAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CEAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE59

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE59	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c58a',
    500: '#ceae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae59;
$custom-light: #e0c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.44115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE59

secondary

#AAB7D9

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE59

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

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