#CEA240#CEA240

#CEA240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA240
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 6.15, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 55.54, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0126 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.125 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3016, 39.3353, 10.3719)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA240 #406CCE

analogous

#CE5B40 #CEA240 #B3CE40

triadic

#CEA240 #40CEA2 #A240CE

tetradic

#CEA240 #40CE5B #406CCE #CE40B3

square

#CEA240 #40CE5B #406CCE #CE40B3

split-complementary

#CEA240 #40B3CE #5B40CE

monochromatic

#755A1E #A6802B #CEA240 #DABA71 #E7D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CEA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA240

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA240	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd7a',
    500: '#cea240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea240;
$custom-light: #e1bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA240

secondary

#96A9D4

accent

#76E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA240

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

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