#CE8940#CE8940

#CE8940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8940
RGB	rgb(206, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 19.70, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 52.48, 67.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0523 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.122 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3272, 31.3865, 9.0471)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8940 #4085CE

analogous

#CE4240 #CE8940 #CCCE40

triadic

#CE8940 #40CE89 #8940CE

tetradic

#CE8940 #40CE42 #4085CE #CE40CC

square

#CE8940 #40CE42 #4085CE #CE40CC

split-complementary

#CE8940 #40CCCE #4240CE

monochromatic

#754B1E #A66A2B #CE8940 #DAA771 #E7C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CE8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CE8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8940

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8940	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ab78',
    500: '#ce8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8940;
$custom-light: #e2ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.845,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68685,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8940

secondary

#96B4D4

accent

#92E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8940

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

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