#CEAE61#CEAE61

#CEAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAE61
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 2.05, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 43.52, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0048 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.103 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7490, 44.2592, 17.5981)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAE61 #6181CE

analogous

#CE7861 #CEAE61 #B8CE61

triadic

#CEAE61 #61CEAE #AE61CE

tetradic

#CEAE61 #61CE78 #6181CE #CE61B8

square

#CEAE61 #61CE78 #6181CE #CE61B8

split-complementary

#CEAE61 #61B8CE #7861CE

monochromatic

#8A6E2B #B99339 #CEAE61 #DCC690 #EBDEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CEAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CEAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAE61

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAE61	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc690',
    500: '#ceae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceae61;
$custom-light: #dfc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7629,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAE61

secondary

#B0BDDB

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAE61

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

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