#CEA440#CEA440

#CEA440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA440
RGB	rgb(206, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 5.08, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 55.96, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0095 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.126 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6567, 40.0455, 10.4903)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA440 #406ACE

analogous

#CE5D40 #CEA440 #B1CE40

triadic

#CEA440 #40CEA4 #A440CE

tetradic

#CEA440 #40CE5D #406ACE #CE40B1

square

#CEA440 #40CE5D #406ACE #CE40B1

split-complementary

#CEA440 #40B1CE #5D40CE

monochromatic

#755C1E #A6822B #CEA440 #DABB71 #E7D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CEA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CEA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA440

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA440	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1be7a',
    500: '#cea440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea440;
$custom-light: #e1be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA440

secondary

#96A8D4

accent

#74E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA440

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

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