#CEA142#CEA142

#CEA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA142
RGB	rgb(206, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 6.80, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 54.50, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0147 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.123 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1841, 39.0076, 10.6186)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA142 #426FCE

analogous

#CE5B42 #CEA142 #B5CE42

triadic

#CEA142 #42CEA1 #A142CE

tetradic

#CEA142 #42CE5B #426FCE #CE42B5

square

#CEA142 #42CE5B #426FCE #CE42B5

split-complementary

#CEA142 #42B5CE #5B42CE

monochromatic

#775B1F #A7802B #CEA142 #DBB973 #E7D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CEA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CEA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA142

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA142	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc7b',
    500: '#cea142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea142;
$custom-light: #e1bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA142

secondary

#98ABD4

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA142

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

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