#CEA42E#CEA42E

#CEA42E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA42E
RGB	rgb(206, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 4.25, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 62.84, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.005 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.137 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2246, 39.8726, 8.2145)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA42E #2E58CE

analogous

#CE542E #CEA42E #A8CE2E

triadic

#CEA42E #2ECEA4 #A42ECE

tetradic

#CEA42E #2ECE54 #2E58CE #CE2EA8

square

#CEA42E #2ECE54 #2E58CE #CE2EA8

split-complementary

#CEA42E #2EA8CE #542ECE

monochromatic

#6A5418 #9C7C23 #CEA42E #DBBA5E #E6D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CEA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CEA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA42E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA42E	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2be70',
    500: '#cea42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea42e;
$custom-light: #e2be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA42E

secondary

#879AD1

accent

#6DE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA42E

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

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