#CE9242#CE9242

#CE9242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9242
RGB	rgb(206, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 14.92, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 52.25, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0385 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.12 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7183, 34.0759, 9.7966)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9242 #427ECE

analogous

#CE4C42 #CE9242 #C4CE42

triadic

#CE9242 #42CE92 #9242CE

tetradic

#CE9242 #42CE4C #427ECE #CE42C4

square

#CE9242 #42CE4C #427ECE #CE42C4

split-complementary

#CE9242 #42C4CE #4C42CE

monochromatic

#77511F #A7722B #CE9242 #DBAE73 #E7CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#CE9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#CE9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9242

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9242	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)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b17a',
    500: '#ce9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9242;
$custom-light: #e1b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9242

secondary

#98B2D4

accent

#89E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9242

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

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