#CE8A42#CE8A42

#CE8A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8A42
RGB	rgb(206, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 19.27, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 51.70, 68.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0513 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.121 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5280, 31.6953, 9.3999)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8A42 #4286CE

analogous

#CE4442 #CE8A42 #CCCE42

triadic

#CE8A42 #42CE8A #8A42CE

tetradic

#CE8A42 #42CE44 #4286CE #CE42CC

square

#CE8A42 #42CE44 #4286CE #CE42CC

split-complementary

#CE8A42 #42CCCE #4442CE

monochromatic

#774C1F #A76B2B #CE8A42 #DBA873 #E7C6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CE8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CE8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8A42

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8A42	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ac79',
    500: '#ce8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8a42;
$custom-light: #e2ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8A42

secondary

#98B5D4

accent

#92E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8A42

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

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