#CE9237#CE9237

#CE9237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9237
RGB	rgb(206, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 14.35, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 56.75, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0353 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.127 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4246, 33.9584, 8.2499)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9237 #3773CE

analogous

#CE4637 #CE9237 #BECE37

triadic

#CE9237 #37CE92 #9237CE

tetradic

#CE9237 #37CE46 #3773CE #CE37BE

square

#CE9237 #37CE46 #3773CE #CE37BE

split-complementary

#CE9237 #37BECE #4637CE

monochromatic

#6F4E1B #A07027 #CE9237 #DAAD68 #E6C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CE9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#CE9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9237

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9237	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b173',
    500: '#ce9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9237;
$custom-light: #e2b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9237

secondary

#8FAAD2

accent

#84E444

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9237

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

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