#CEA540#CEA540

#CEA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA540
RGB	rgb(206, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 4.54, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 56.18, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0079 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.126 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8364, 40.4048, 10.5502)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA540 #4069CE

analogous

#CE5E40 #CEA540 #B0CE40

triadic

#CEA540 #40CEA5 #A540CE

tetradic

#CEA540 #40CE5E #4069CE #CE40B0

square

#CEA540 #40CE5E #4069CE #CE40B0

split-complementary

#CEA540 #40B0CE #5E40CE

monochromatic

#755C1E #A6822B #CEA540 #DABC71 #E7D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CEA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#CEA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA540

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA540	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bf7a',
    500: '#cea540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea540;
$custom-light: #e1bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.741,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA540

secondary

#96A8D4

accent

#73E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA540

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

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