#CEA642#CEA642

#CEA642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA642
RGB	rgb(206, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 4.12, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 55.57, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.007 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0754, 40.7901, 10.9157)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA642 #426ACE

analogous

#CE6042 #CEA642 #B0CE42

triadic

#CEA642 #42CEA6 #A642CE

tetradic

#CEA642 #42CE60 #426ACE #CE42B0

square

#CEA642 #42CE60 #426ACE #CE42B0

split-complementary

#CEA642 #42B0CE #6042CE

monochromatic

#775E1F #A7842B #CEA642 #DBBD73 #E7D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CEA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#CEA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA642

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA642	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c07b',
    500: '#cea642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea642;
$custom-light: #e1c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA642

secondary

#98A9D4

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA642

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

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