#CE8C42#CE8C42

#CE8C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8C42
RGB	rgb(206, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 18.18, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 51.79, 69.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0481 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.12 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8176, 32.2744, 9.4964)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8C42 #4284CE

analogous

#CE4642 #CE8C42 #CACE42

triadic

#CE8C42 #42CE8C #8C42CE

tetradic

#CE8C42 #42CE46 #4284CE #CE42CA

square

#CE8C42 #42CE46 #4284CE #CE42CA

split-complementary

#CE8C42 #42CACE #4642CE

monochromatic

#774D1F #A76D2B #CE8C42 #DBAA73 #E7C7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CE8C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CE8C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8C42

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8C42	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ad79',
    500: '#ce8c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8c42;
$custom-light: #e2ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8C42

secondary

#98B4D4

accent

#8FE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8C42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →