#CEA942#CEA942

#CEA942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA942
RGB	rgb(206, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 2.52, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 56.28, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0023 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.127 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6271, 41.8936, 11.0996)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA942 #4267CE

analogous

#CE6342 #CEA942 #ADCE42

triadic

#CEA942 #42CEA9 #A942CE

tetradic

#CEA942 #42CE63 #4267CE #CE42AD

square

#CEA942 #42CE63 #4267CE #CE42AD

split-complementary

#CEA942 #42ADCE #6342CE

monochromatic

#77601F #A7872B #CEA942 #DBBF73 #E7D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CEA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CEA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA942

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA942	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c27b',
    500: '#cea942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea942;
$custom-light: #e1c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA942

secondary

#98A8D4

accent

#6FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA942

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

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