#CEAA40#CEAA40

#CEAA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA40
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 1.87, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 57.36, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0002 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.129 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7559, 42.2439, 10.8567)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA40 #4064CE

analogous

#CE6340 #CEAA40 #ABCE40

triadic

#CEAA40 #40CEAA #AA40CE

tetradic

#CEAA40 #40CE63 #4064CE #CE40AB

square

#CEAA40 #40CE63 #4064CE #CE40AB

split-complementary

#CEAA40 #40ABCE #6340CE

monochromatic

#755F1E #A6872B #CEAA40 #DAC071 #E7D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CEAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CEAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA40

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA40	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c37a',
    500: '#ceaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa40;
$custom-light: #e1c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA40

secondary

#96A6D4

accent

#6DE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA40

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

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