#CE8E40#CE8E40

#CE8E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8E40
RGB	rgb(206, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 16.98, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 52.75, 71.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0443 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.121 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0545, 32.8411, 9.2896)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8E40 #4080CE

analogous

#CE4740 #CE8E40 #C7CE40

triadic

#CE8E40 #40CE8E #8E40CE

tetradic

#CE8E40 #40CE47 #4080CE #CE40C7

square

#CE8E40 #40CE47 #4080CE #CE40C7

split-complementary

#CE8E40 #40C7CE #4740CE

monochromatic

#754E1E #A66E2B #CE8E40 #DAAB71 #E7C8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CE8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CE8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8E40

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8E40	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2af78',
    500: '#ce8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8e40;
$custom-light: #e2af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.958,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8E40

secondary

#96B2D4

accent

#8CE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8E40

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

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