#CE9535#CE9535

#CE9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9535
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 12.63, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 57.86, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.03 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.128 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8462, 34.8767, 8.1588)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9535 #356ECE

analogous

#CE4835 #CE9535 #BACE35

triadic

#CE9535 #35CE95 #9535CE

tetradic

#CE9535 #35CE48 #356ECE #CE35BA

square

#CE9535 #35CE48 #356ECE #CE35BA

split-complementary

#CE9535 #35BACE #4835CE

monochromatic

#6E4F1B #9F7227 #CE9535 #DAAF66 #E6C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CE9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#CE9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9535

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9535	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b472',
    500: '#ce9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9535;
$custom-light: #e2b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9535

secondary

#8DA7D1

accent

#7FE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9535

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

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