#CE8949#CE8949

#CE8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8949
RGB	rgb(206, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 20.24, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 48.74, 65.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0553 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.116 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6043, 31.4973, 10.5065)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8949 #498ECE

analogous

#CE494C #CE8949 #CECC49

triadic

#CE8949 #49CE89 #8949CE

tetradic

#CE8949 #4CCE49 #498ECE #CC49CE

square

#CE8949 #4CCE49 #498ECE #CC49CE

split-complementary

#CE8949 #49CECC #494CCE

monochromatic

#7B4D21 #AC6B2E #CE8949 #DBA879 #E8C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CE8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#CE8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8949

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8949	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab7e',
    500: '#ce8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8949;
$custom-light: #e1ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.872,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8949

secondary

#9DBAD5

accent

#97E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8949

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

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