#CE8E38#CE8E38

#CE8E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8E38
RGB	rgb(206, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 16.57, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 56.00, 72.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.042 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.126 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8430, 32.7564, 8.1755)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8E38 #3878CE

analogous

#CE4338 #CE8E38 #C3CE38

triadic

#CE8E38 #38CE8E #8E38CE

tetradic

#CE8E38 #38CE43 #3878CE #CE38C3

square

#CE8E38 #38CE43 #3878CE #CE38C3

split-complementary

#CE8E38 #38C3CE #4338CE

monochromatic

#704C1C #A16D28 #CE8E38 #DAAA69 #E6C69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CE8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CE8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8E38

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8E38	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2af73',
    500: '#ce8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8e38;
$custom-light: #e2af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8E38

secondary

#90ACD2

accent

#88E444

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8E38

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

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