#CEAA42#CEAA42

#CEAA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEAA42
RGB	rgb(206, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 1.98, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 56.53, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0008 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.127 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8139, 42.2671, 11.1618)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEAA42 #4266CE

analogous

#CE6442 #CEAA42 #ACCE42

triadic

#CEAA42 #42CEAA #AA42CE

tetradic

#CEAA42 #42CE64 #4266CE #CE42AC

square

#CEAA42 #42CE64 #4266CE #CE42AC

split-complementary

#CEAA42 #42ACCE #6442CE

monochromatic

#77601F #A7882B #CEAA42 #DBC073 #E7D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CEAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CEAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEAA42

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEAA42	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)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c37c',
    500: '#ceaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceaa42;
$custom-light: #e1c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75127,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEAA42

secondary

#98A7D4

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEAA42

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

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