#CE8942#CE8942

#CE8942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8942
RGB	rgb(206, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 19.81, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 51.66, 67.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.053 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.121 64)
XYZ	xyz(35.3852, 31.4096, 9.3523)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8942 #4287CE

analogous

#CE4342 #CE8942 #CDCE42

triadic

#CE8942 #42CE89 #8942CE

tetradic

#CE8942 #42CE43 #4287CE #CE42CD

square

#CE8942 #42CE43 #4287CE #CE42CD

split-complementary

#CE8942 #42CDCE #4342CE

monochromatic

#774B1F #A76A2B #CE8942 #DBA773 #E7C6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CE8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CE8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8942

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8942	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ab79',
    500: '#ce8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8942;
$custom-light: #e2ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68707,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.31406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8942

secondary

#98B5D4

accent

#93E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8942

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

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