#CE9042#CE9042

#CE9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9042
RGB	rgb(206, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 16.01, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 52.07, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0417 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.12 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4127, 33.4647, 9.6948)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9042 #4280CE

analogous

#CE4A42 #CE9042 #C6CE42

triadic

#CE9042 #42CE90 #9042CE

tetradic

#CE9042 #42CE4A #4280CE #CE42C6

square

#CE9042 #42CE4A #4280CE #CE42C6

split-complementary

#CE9042 #42C6CE #4A42CE

monochromatic

#77501F #A7702B #CE9042 #DBAD73 #E7C9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CE9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#CE9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9042

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9042	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b07a',
    500: '#ce9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9042;
$custom-light: #e1b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70016,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9042

secondary

#98B2D4

accent

#8BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9042

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

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