#CEA442#CEA442

#CEA442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA442
RGB	rgb(206, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 5.19, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 55.12, 84.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0101 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.124 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7147, 40.0687, 10.7954)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA442 #426CCE

analogous

#CE5E42 #CEA442 #B2CE42

triadic

#CEA442 #42CEA4 #A442CE

tetradic

#CEA442 #42CE5E #426CCE #CE42B2

square

#CEA442 #42CE5E #426CCE #CE42B2

split-complementary

#CEA442 #42B2CE #5E42CE

monochromatic

#775C1F #A7822B #CEA442 #DBBB73 #E7D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CEA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CEA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA442

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA442	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1be7b',
    500: '#cea442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea442;
$custom-light: #e1be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA442

secondary

#98AAD4

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA442

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

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