#CE8A40#CE8A40

#CE8A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CE8A40
RGBrgb(206, 138, 64)
HSLhsl(31, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(31, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.07, 19.16, 48.90)
CIE-LCHlch(63.07, 52.52, 68.61°)
OKLaboklab(68.87% 0.0507 0.1108)
OKLCHoklch(68.87% 0.122 65.4)
XYZxyz(35.4700, 31.6721, 9.0947)
Luminance0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CE8A40 #4084CE
analogous
#CE4340 #CE8A40 #CBCE40
triadic
#CE8A40 #40CE8A #8A40CE
tetradic
#CE8A40 #40CE43 #4084CE #CE40CB
square
#CE8A40 #40CE43 #4084CE #CE40CB
split-complementary
#CE8A40 #40CBCE #4340CE
monochromatic
#754C1E #A66B2B #CE8A40 #DAA871 #E7C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#CE8A40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33
#CE8A40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8A40
7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CE8A40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CE8A401.002.867.337.33
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3321.001.001.00
##0000007.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08F38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09F41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E07A7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ce8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 65.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ac78',
    500: '#ce8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ce8a40;
$custom-light: #e2ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ce8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.268,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68871,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CE8A40
secondary
#96B4D4
accent
#91E245
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161009
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8A40

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#CE8A40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva