#CE8E42#CE8E42

#CE8E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8E42
RGB	rgb(206, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 17.09, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 51.91, 70.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0449 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.12 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1125, 32.8642, 9.5947)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8E42 #4282CE

analogous

#CE4842 #CE8E42 #C8CE42

triadic

#CE8E42 #42CE8E #8E42CE

tetradic

#CE8E42 #42CE48 #4282CE #CE42C8

square

#CE8E42 #42CE48 #4282CE #CE42C8

split-complementary

#CE8E42 #42C8CE #4842CE

monochromatic

#774F1F #A76F2B #CE8E42 #DBAB73 #E7C8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CE8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CE8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8E42

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8E42	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)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af7a',
    500: '#ce8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8e42;
$custom-light: #e1af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69639,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8E42

secondary

#98B3D4

accent

#8DE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8E42

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

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