#CEA242#CEA242

#CEA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA242
RGB	rgb(206, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 6.26, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 54.70, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0132 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.123 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3596, 39.3585, 10.6771)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA242 #426ECE

analogous

#CE5C42 #CEA242 #B4CE42

triadic

#CEA242 #42CEA2 #A242CE

tetradic

#CEA242 #42CE5C #426ECE #CE42B4

square

#CEA242 #42CE5C #426ECE #CE42B4

split-complementary

#CEA242 #42B4CE #5C42CE

monochromatic

#775B1F #A7802B #CEA242 #DBBA73 #E7D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CEA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CEA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA242

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA242	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd7b',
    500: '#cea242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea242;
$custom-light: #e1bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA242

secondary

#98ABD4

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA242

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

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