#CEA542#CEA542

#CEA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA542
RGB	rgb(206, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 4.65, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 55.34, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0085 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.125 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8943, 40.4280, 10.8553)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA542 #426BCE

analogous

#CE5F42 #CEA542 #B1CE42

triadic

#CEA542 #42CEA5 #A542CE

tetradic

#CEA542 #42CE5F #426BCE #CE42B1

square

#CEA542 #42CE5F #426BCE #CE42B1

split-complementary

#CEA542 #42B1CE #5F42CE

monochromatic

#775D1F #A7832B #CEA542 #DBBC73 #E7D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CEA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#CEA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA542

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA542	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bf7b',
    500: '#cea542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea542;
$custom-light: #e1bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA542

secondary

#98A9D4

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA542

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

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