#CE9240#CE9240

#CE9240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9240
RGB	rgb(206, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 14.81, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 53.09, 73.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0379 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.121 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6604, 34.0527, 9.4915)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9240 #407CCE

analogous

#CE4B40 #CE9240 #C3CE40

triadic

#CE9240 #40CE92 #9240CE

tetradic

#CE9240 #40CE4B #407CCE #CE40C3

square

#CE9240 #40CE4B #407CCE #CE40C3

split-complementary

#CE9240 #40C3CE #4B40CE

monochromatic

#75511E #A6722B #CE9240 #DAAE71 #E7CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#CE9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#CE9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9240

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9240	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b179',
    500: '#ce9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9240;
$custom-light: #e1b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.648,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9240

secondary

#96B0D4

accent

#88E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9240

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

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