#CEA042#CEA042

#CEA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA042
RGB	rgb(206, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 7.34, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 54.30, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0163 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.123 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0101, 38.6595, 10.5606)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA042 #4270CE

analogous

#CE5A42 #CEA042 #B6CE42

triadic

#CEA042 #42CEA0 #A042CE

tetradic

#CEA042 #42CE5A #4270CE #CE42B6

square

#CEA042 #42CE5A #4270CE #CE42B6

split-complementary

#CEA042 #42B6CE #5A42CE

monochromatic

#775A1F #A77F2B #CEA042 #DBB873 #E7D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CEA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CEA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA042

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA042	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb7b',
    500: '#cea042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea042;
$custom-light: #e1bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA042

secondary

#98ACD4

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA042

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

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