#CE8542#CE8542

#CE8542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8542
RGB	rgb(206, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 21.99, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 51.59, 64.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0594 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.122 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8271, 30.2935, 9.1662)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8542 #428BCE

analogous

#CE4245 #CE8542 #CECB42

triadic

#CE8542 #42CE85 #8542CE

tetradic

#CE8542 #45CE42 #428BCE #CB42CE

square

#CE8542 #45CE42 #428BCE #CB42CE

split-complementary

#CE8542 #42CECB #4245CE

monochromatic

#77491F #A7672B #CE8542 #DBA473 #E7C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#CE8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#CE8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8542

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8542	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a879',
    500: '#ce8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8542;
$custom-light: #e2a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67973,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8542

secondary

#98B7D4

accent

#97E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8542

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

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