#CE9537#CE9537

#CE9537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9537
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 12.72, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 57.08, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0305 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.127 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8932, 34.8955, 8.4061)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9537 #3770CE

analogous

#CE4937 #CE9537 #BBCE37

triadic

#CE9537 #37CE95 #9537CE

tetradic

#CE9537 #37CE49 #3770CE #CE37BB

square

#CE9537 #37CE49 #3770CE #CE37BB

split-complementary

#CE9537 #37BBCE #4937CE

monochromatic

#6F501B #A07327 #CE9537 #DAAF68 #E6C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CE9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CE9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9537

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9537	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b473',
    500: '#ce9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9537;
$custom-light: #e2b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7087,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9537

secondary

#8FA8D2

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9537

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

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