#CE9437#CE9437

#CE9437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9437
RGB	rgb(206, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 13.26, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 56.96, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0321 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.127 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7356, 34.5804, 8.3536)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9437 #3771CE

analogous

#CE4837 #CE9437 #BCCE37

triadic

#CE9437 #37CE94 #9437CE

tetradic

#CE9437 #37CE48 #3771CE #CE37BC

square

#CE9437 #37CE48 #3771CE #CE37BC

split-complementary

#CE9437 #37BCCE #4837CE

monochromatic

#6F4F1B #A07227 #CE9437 #DAAE68 #E6C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CE9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CE9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9437

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9437	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b373',
    500: '#ce9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9437;
$custom-light: #e2b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9437

secondary

#8FA9D2

accent

#81E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9437

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

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