#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
RGBrgb(206, 142, 56)
HSLhsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(34, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.1%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.96, 16.57, 53.49)
CIE-LCHlch(63.96, 56.00, 72.79°)
OKLaboklab(69.54% 0.042 0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(69.54% 0.126 70.6)
XYZxyz(35.8430, 32.7564, 8.1755)
Luminance0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CE8E381.002.787.557.55
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5521.001.001.00
##0000007.5521.001.001.00

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

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#CE8E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva