#CE8A49#CE8A49

#CE8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.116 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8A49
RGB	rgb(206, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 19.69, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 48.77, 66.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0536 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.116 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7471, 31.7829, 10.5541)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8A49 #498DCE

analogous

#CE494B #CE8A49 #CECC49

triadic

#CE8A49 #49CE8A #8A49CE

tetradic

#CE8A49 #4BCE49 #498DCE #CC49CE

square

#CE8A49 #4BCE49 #498DCE #CC49CE

split-complementary

#CE8A49 #49CECC #494BCE

monochromatic

#7B4D21 #AC6B2E #CE8A49 #DBA979 #E8C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CE8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CE8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8A49

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8A49	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.116 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac7e',
    500: '#ce8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8a49;
$custom-light: #e1ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8A49

secondary

#9DBAD5

accent

#96E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8A49

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

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