#CE9038#CE9038

#CE9038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9038
RGB	rgb(206, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 15.48, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 56.16, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0388 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.126 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1432, 33.3569, 8.2756)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9038 #3876CE

analogous

#CE4538 #CE9038 #C1CE38

triadic

#CE9038 #38CE90 #9038CE

tetradic

#CE9038 #38CE45 #3876CE #CE38C1

square

#CE9038 #38CE45 #3876CE #CE38C1

split-complementary

#CE9038 #38C1CE #4538CE

monochromatic

#704D1C #A16F28 #CE9038 #DAAB69 #E6C79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CE9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#CE9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9038

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9038	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b074',
    500: '#ce9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9038;
$custom-light: #e2b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69921,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9038

secondary

#90ABD2

accent

#86E444

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9038

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

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