#CEA040#CEA040

#CEA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.124 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA040
RGB	rgb(206, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 7.23, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 55.15, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0157 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.124 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9521, 38.6363, 10.2554)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA040 #406ECE

analogous

#CE5940 #CEA040 #B5CE40

triadic

#CEA040 #40CEA0 #A040CE

tetradic

#CEA040 #40CE59 #406ECE #CE40B5

square

#CEA040 #40CE59 #406ECE #CE40B5

split-complementary

#CEA040 #40B5CE #5940CE

monochromatic

#75591E #A67E2B #CEA040 #DAB871 #E7D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CEA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CEA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA040

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA040	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb7a',
    500: '#cea040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea040;
$custom-light: #e1bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73102,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA040

secondary

#96AAD4

accent

#78E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA040

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

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