#CE8A51#CE8A51

#CE8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8A51
RGB	rgb(206, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 20.24, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 45.41, 63.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0564 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.111 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0296, 31.8959, 12.0420)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8A51 #5195CE

analogous

#CE5157 #CE8A51 #CEC951

triadic

#CE8A51 #51CE8A #8A51CE

tetradic

#CE8A51 #57CE51 #5195CE #C951CE

square

#CE8A51 #57CE51 #5195CE #C951CE

split-complementary

#CE8A51 #51CEC9 #5157CE

monochromatic

#804E24 #B06B32 #CE8A51 #DBAA81 #E9CAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CE8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CE8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8A51

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8A51	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac83',
    500: '#ce8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8a51;
$custom-light: #e1ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69075,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8A51

secondary

#A4C0D7

accent

#9BDF48

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8A51

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

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